Taupe bonnet with cross-stitched brim worn by the enslaved woman Martha Barnes
- Medium
- cotton, linen, muslin, thread, and mother of pearl
- Genre
- Bonnets (hats)
Styles
Tags
agricultureLabor unionsClothing and dressslaverywomen
About
A taupe-colored bonnet with cross-stitched brim and chin straps believed to have been worn by Martha Miller Barnes while she was enslaved as a field laborer by E.A.J. Miller on his plantation near Waterproof, Louisiana.
![[Portrait of a woman]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/c2ef62ab-cd06-4ed9-be9f-dbe198d4e70a/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![[Portrait of young man sitting on baluster]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/47d3d5ee-ca17-471b-ae22-48fa56aa09f4/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![[Portrait of Two Boys]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/638dc377-22bc-485d-933e-0ba4823f657c/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
