Arab Woman's Marriage Veil
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1885
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. George W. Samson
notes: label: Notes
content: From Accession card: "The inner, or sometimes called the marriage veil, is made of brown silk crepe, and is worn to cover the face just below the eyes. It is tied about the head with heavy crimson silk braid, thirty-one inches long and five eights inch wide. The veil is attached to this band by three silk cords. The outside ones are blue, four and a half inches long. The middle one is crimson, six inches long; on it is strung the "bohh," or jewel--brass."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015645
label: USNM Number
content: E74650-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Veil