head-cloth
- Museum number
- 2011,6039.12
- Description
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Printed acrylic head-cloth (Arabic 'meshedda') for men. Khaki with printed wide blue borders with chevrons and basket-weave motifs in the centre ground. With colourful embroidered borders in lurex and acrylic threads and neon yellow and purple tassels on the corners. Worn folded into a triangular shape and tied around the head.
- Production date
- 1988-2005
- Dimensions
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Length: 109 centimetres
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Width: 103 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Acquisition notes
- Presented as part of a large collection of textile items from Yemen dating from the 1930s-2005.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2011,6039.12