Woman's Face Covering, "Burda"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Oct 1988
label: Collection Date
content: April, 1965
name: label: Collector
content: Alixa Naff
label: Donor Name
content: George Naff
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG STRIP OF MATERIAL, SILK? ON ONE SIDE, COTTON ON OTHER, STITCHED TOGETHER. W. RED YARN, DECOR. W. 154 COIN-SIZED DISCS (2 TYPES) W. ARABIC WRITING; HEADGEAR CRUDELY ATTACHED W. WIRE. PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM WOMAN NEAR ST. CATHERINE'S MONASTERY, SINAI EGYPT. SOCIALLY MANDATED FACE COVERING FOR MUSLIM WOMEN. CIRCULAR SEQUINS SYMBOLS OF COMPLETENESS & GOOD FORTUNE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Saint Catherine's Monastery (near), Sinai Peninsula / South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian
label: Culture
content: Arabic-Islamic-Bedouin
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378937
label: USNM Number
content: E424856-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Veil
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 75.8 cm
label: Length
content: 14 cm