Cape

Museum number:
9-14901
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3466
Description:
Cape (hata): black silk cape withblack embroidered designs and bands of curvilinear floral and geometric varicolored crossstiched embroidery both sewn directly on cloth in bands, which are in turn sewn to cloth; some old damage old mends; 174 x 107cm. Context: worn by bride at wedding. Made by women.
Donor:
Nasr Salem
Collection place:
Sinai peninsula, Egypt
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Capes (outerwear)
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 Cape, accession number 9-14901, described as Cape (hata): black silk cape withblack embroidered designs and bands of curvilinear floral and geometric varicolored crossstiched embroidery both sewn directly on cloth in bands, which are in turn sewn to cloth; some old damage old mends; 174 x 107cm. Context: worn by bride at wedding. Made by women.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cape, accession number 9-14901, described as Cape (hata): black silk cape withblack embroidered designs and bands of curvilinear floral and geometric varicolored crossstiched embroidery both sewn directly on cloth in bands, which are in turn sewn to cloth; some old damage old mends; 174 x 107cm. Context: worn by bride at wedding. Made by women.

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