Dress

Museum number:
9-14898
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3466
Description:
Dress (toub): Black cotton dress with varicolored cross-stitch embroidery; at hem are large diamonds with arrow-like designs within; yoke and collar lined with commercial printed cotton cloth; long sleeves; Width across sleeves: 150cm. Length: 143cm. Context: bride's formal wear at wedding. Made by women.
Donor:
Nasr Salem
Collection place:
Sinai peninsula, Egypt
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
October 23, 1979
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 9-14898, described as Dress (toub): Black cotton dress with varicolored cross-stitch embroidery; at hem are large diamonds with arrow-like designs within; yoke and collar lined with commercial printed cotton cloth; long sleeves; Width across sleeves: 150cm. Length: 143cm. Context: bride's formal wear at wedding. Made by women.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 9-14898, described as Dress (toub): Black cotton dress with varicolored cross-stitch embroidery; at hem are large diamonds with arrow-like designs within; yoke and collar lined with commercial printed cotton cloth; long sleeves; Width across sleeves: 150cm. Length: 143cm. Context: bride's formal wear at wedding. Made by women.

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