Woman's Dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 May 1982
label: Collection Date
content: Ca. 1955
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Rieck B. Hannifin
label: Donor Name
content: Norma T. Kerber
notes: label: Notes
content: MATERIALS: SILK, COTTON, METAL, CORAL, CLOVES, PEARLS. VERY FULL, LONG-SLEEVED GARMENT, FLARING FROM THE BODICE DOWN, OF DARK MAROON-PURPLE SILK. CENTER OF BODICE OF RED STRIPED COTTON -- THE FRONT TIGHTLY BOUND IN THIN HORIZONTAL ROLLS & HUNG WITH MULTIPLE ROWS OF METAL DISKS:PLAIN TIN ALTERNATING WITH GOLD-COLORED ONES BEARING AN INSCRIPTION IN PERSIAN (FROM THE KORAN?). AT EITHER SIDE OF THE NECK IS ATTACHED A GOLD THREADED TRIANGLE PUFF FROM WHICH HANG STRINGS OF ALTERNATING CORAL BEADS & WHOLE CLOVES, PLUS A FEW PEARLS. CUFFS ARE EMBROIDERED & ATTACHED TO HEM IS A BAND OF GOLD THREAD DESIGNS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Afghanistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 349814
label: USNM Number
content: E422079-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 117 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 37 cm