burqa;
coin pendant
- Museum number
- 2016,6022.5
- Description
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Burqa (face-mask) made from a strip of embroidered cloth (linen backed with cotton?) with a central embroidered hanging that falls over the nose area, comprised of rows of Ottoman and other coin-pendants. The central hanging is framed by two beaded strands of blue, red, white and black glass beads. Two pink stones are also threaded on the central hanging, possibly as weights or amulets. With small metal chains and printed cotton ties.
- Production date
- 1920s-1950s
- Dimensions
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Length: 48 centimetres
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Width: 47 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2016
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired by the donor in suq in Amman, Jordan, in the late 1990s.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2016,6022.5