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Type of Object
Academic regalia
Date of Manufacture
1926
Physical Details
Hood presented to Dr. William Sanger in concert with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, likely from either Hampden-Sydney College in 1926 or Virginia Union University in 1956. Hood is sewn from heavy fabric. Velvet trim is purple, the traditional color associated with law degrees. The rear of the hood is largely a bright orange, with rich blue stripes through the middle and meeting in the center to make a "V" formation. Under the name of the maker are sewn in three blocks of fabric with Dr. Sanger's initials in large, stylized block capitals, "W," "T," and "S."
Dimensions
1.5 cm. x 114 cm. x 59 cm.
Topical Subject
Academic costume
Accession Number
1983.119.10f
Genre
academic hoods
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Doctor of Laws Hood (Hampden-Sydney College or Virginia Union University), VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00168.jpg