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Headdress fragment
Headdress fragment
Date19th century
MediumSilk and fiber
DimensionsOverall: 30.2 x 20 cm (11 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.) Frame: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object numberS2024.5.3
Not on view
DescriptionPiece of Mohammedan headdress with boxed green, yellow, red, and blue floral design.

Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "3. SILK AND FIBRE WEAVE. / PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (Manilla), XIX Century. / Piece of a Mohammedan head-dress."
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Darai fragment
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Shawl fragment
Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Woven wool
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Medium: Silk, linen
Object number: S2024.5.16
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Date: before 1927
Medium: Woven palm fiber, in two parts
Object number: S2024.5.1a-b