burqa;
veil;
coin
- Museum number
- Af,+.4676
- Description
-
Woman's veil (burqa); rectangle of black crepe; decorated at on end with silver coins; gilt metal tube attached to end with violet ribbons.
- Production date
- 1890 (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Length: 158 centimetres
-
Width: 23 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Slip refers to Lane's 'Modern Egyptians' of 1860, p.50.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
1995, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 5), 'Display and Modesty'
- Acquisition date
- 1890
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,+.4676
- Additional IDs
-
CDMS number: Af1890C2.4676 (old CDMS no.)