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Subiaco Museum > Records

HAT PIN: PEARL AND COPPER HEAD

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Overview

Hat pin, brass with head made of thin copper-finished metal. Copper disc is bent to curve around an elongated white artificial pearl which has a softly textured surface. The metal disc is smooth on the inside and embossed with feather and leaf patterns on the outside.

Historical information

See Acc. No. 2003.37
Hat pins from the home of the Misses Newman (two sisters), on the corner of Kershaw and Hamersley Roads, Subiaco. Hat pins used to secure hats on hair and prevent the hats blowing off.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2003.42

Item type

Material

Width

15 mm

Height or length

110 mm

Keywords

Costume/fashion

COSTUME ACCESSORIES

Photographed 2023

Statement of significance

social history - example of costume accessory of the period.

Subiaco Museum

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