Headdress

Museum number:
5-8613
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4022
Description:
Headdress (partial). Sixteen maroon tassles (eight on each side) connected by a length of colorful woven plastic beads. Two metal rings are attached to the tassles. Decorated with buttons, four white shells, and a coin; length 20 cm and height 25 cm.
Donor:
Susan Weeks and University Appropriation
Collection place:
El Arish, Sinai peninsula, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt; North Sinai; El Arish
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-8613, described as Headdress (partial). Sixteen maroon tassles (eight on each side) connected by a length of colorful woven plastic beads. Two metal rings are attached to the tassles. Decorated with buttons, four white shells, and a coin; length 20 cm and height 25 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-8613, described as Headdress (partial). Sixteen maroon tassles (eight on each side) connected by a length of colorful woven plastic beads. Two metal rings are attached to the tassles. Decorated with buttons, four white shells, and a coin; length 20 cm and height 25 cm.

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