Mortarboard

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Mortarboard

Entry/Object ID

2024.16.51

Description

Green satin covered mortarboard (graduation cap). The cap is a dark green fabric-wrapped square with a button at the center to hold a tassel. There is a cap adhered underneath to secure it to the wearer's head and the board is labeled "JOSTENS" in black and red underneath. Worn by an Austine graduate.

Context

Austine School for the Deaf Brattleboro, VT

Acquisition

Accession

2024.16

Source or Donor

Austine School for the Deaf

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Mortarboard

Textile Details

Material

Silk, Cardboard

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Mortarboard

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Costume, Academic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Regalia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

9-1/4 in

Length

9-1/4 in