head-dress(deconstructed 'araqiyeh)
- Museum number
- As1968,04.2
- Description
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Village woman's deconstructed hat ('araqiyeh) made of cream coloured cotton (dendeki), fully embroidered with cross stitch in red, black, purple, and orange floss silk thread. The rim is embroidered with close-herringbone stitch.
- Production date
- 20th century
- Dimensions
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Length: 13 centimetres
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Width: 43 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- To construct the 'araqiyeh - the head dress of Hebron area village women, this panel would have been connected in a circular manner at the sides, and gathered at the top where the folds appear and stitched to close of the crown, hair bands would have been attached to the back.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1968
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- As1968,04.2