Woman's embroidered dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
notes: label: Notes
content: Embroidered dress made with white handwoven fabric. Long sleeves, V-neck. Multicolored hand embroidery, mostly chain stitch chevrons, interlaced wavy lines, crosses, etc., down the neck, down the center front, and around the sleeve cuffs. The white fabric is made from single-ply handspun cotton, handwoven in plain weave. Machine stitched. Donor says this was made at a women's work-project at Mekele, Tigray, known as “the cotton factory” dedicated to helping women (and a few men) become economically secure. The project was operated by the Malloy family from Minnesota; the project was sponsored by the governor of Tigray, Leul Ras Mengesha. Commission by the donor, Marilyn Heldman in 1973 or 1974. At her request, the dress is more slender than the usual dress of this type.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mekele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2045574
label: USNM Number
content: E432966-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 139 cm
label: Width - Bottom Hem
content: 72 cm
label: Width - Sleeve Cuff To Cuff
content: 130 cm