Head covering

Museum number:
9-14892
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3449
Object count:
1
Description:
Head covering (hattah). Red cotton rectangle embroidered at top with varicolored silk squared with star-like designs around edges; button closure; top- trimmed with six white cowries (3 pairs), 3 Ottoman coins (1908). 1 1938 Farouk coin; stone weight; 3 linear overlay panels with diamonds and triangles in printed cloth; base trimmed with green and rust tassels, beads and 5 1917 Sultan Mussein Kamel coins. Length: 1 m, not including tassels. Width: 36,8 cm. Materials: cotton cloth, silver coins, silk crossstitch embroider, glass seed beads, white cowries (local); mother of pearl buttons; jasper (river peddle, irregular shape). Context: everyday head covering of women, any age. Trails down back. One stone weight in place, the other missing.
Donor:
Nasr Salem and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Rafah, Sinai peninsula, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Sinai, Rafah
Collector:
Nasr N. Salem
Collection date:
Winter 1977
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headcloths (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb and 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head covering, accession number 9-14892, described as Head covering (hattah). Red cotton rectangle embroidered at top with varicolored silk squared with star-like designs around edges; button closure; top- trimmed with six white cowries (3 pairs), 3 Ottoman coins (1908). 1 1938 Farouk coin; stone weight; 3 linear overlay panels with diamonds and triangles in printed cloth; base trimmed with green and rust tassels, beads and 5 1917 Sultan Mussein Kamel coins. Length: 1 m, not including tassels. Width: 36,8 cm. Materials: cotton cloth, silver coins, silk crossstitch embroider, glass seed beads, white cowries (local); mother of pearl buttons; jasper (river peddle, irregular shape). Context: everyday head covering of women, any age. Trails down back. One stone weight in place, the other missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head covering, accession number 9-14892, described as Head covering (hattah). Red cotton rectangle embroidered at top with varicolored silk squared with star-like designs around edges; button closure; top- trimmed with six white cowries (3 pairs), 3 Ottoman coins (1908). 1 1938 Farouk coin; stone weight; 3 linear overlay panels with diamonds and triangles in printed cloth; base trimmed with green and rust tassels, beads and 5 1917 Sultan Mussein Kamel coins. Length: 1 m, not including tassels. Width: 36,8 cm. Materials: cotton cloth, silver coins, silk crossstitch embroider, glass seed beads, white cowries (local); mother of pearl buttons; jasper (river peddle, irregular shape). Context: everyday head covering of women, any age. Trails down back. One stone weight in place, the other missing.

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