trousers
date: label: date made
content: ca 2010
notes: label: Description
content: Gold metallic pantaloon-style baggy trousers for a girl of about 6 or 8 years; worn as part of an Iraqi Kurdish girl's traditional costume. synthetic fabric is lined with white cotton. Waist is an attached white cotton fabric with a pull-through elastic cord that cannot be adjusted; cotton fabric at waist extends about 1" above gold fabric. Gold fabric is not gathered at waist but adjusts to the elastic waistband. Ends of balloon-type pant legs are gathered at bottom with a heavy white cotton thread and extend to just above the ankle of a young girl. Trousers comprised of three pieces of fabric, one piece for each leg (with seam on inside of leg) and a gusset sewn into crotch.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Tara K. Akram
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0159.01
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0159.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0159
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trousers
label: Object Type
content: Trousers
label: Object Type
content: Lower Body
label: Object Type
content: Lower Body
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Girl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic metallic fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (lining material)
label: Physical Description
content: elastic cord (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: inseam: 14 in; 35.56 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 7/8 in; 65.7225 cm
label: Measurements
content: waist: 14 in; x 35.56 cm