Headdress fragment

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Headdress fragment
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Artist/Maker
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.
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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."
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Woven fibers
Date: before 1927
Medium: Woven palm fiber, in two parts
Object number: S2024.5.1a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Medium: Woven plant fiber, pigment
Object number: 2023.10.18
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Short coat (haori) lining fragment
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: c. 1920-1929
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.20
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Date: c. 1774-1793
Medium: Silk
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Medium: Natural fiber
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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: 18th century
Medium: Silk, paper
Object number: S2024.5.19
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Date: late 19th century
Medium: Cotton with silk embroidery
Object number: S2024.5.17
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Woven wool
Object number: S2024.5.8
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Date: 17th-18th century
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.22
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Date: 18th century
Medium: Silk, chenille
Object number: S2024.5.27
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Medium: Gold-wrapped silk
Object number: S2024.5.9
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
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Date: 19th century
Medium: Silk
Object number: S2024.5.18