Woman's face covering "burda"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Oct 1988
label: Collection Date
content: Jun 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Alixa Naff
label: Donor Name
content: George Naff
notes: label: Notes
content: CROCHETED RECTANGLE, IN TWO DISTINCT PATTERNS W. DECORATIVE EDGING ALL AROUND; VELVET HEAD STRAP ATTACHED AT ONE END, WIRE-WRAPPED TUBE W. THREE DISCS (WOOD TUBING INSIDE), ALSO ATTACHED. VEIL INCLUDES METAL NOSE GUARD AND HEAD STRAP. SOCIALLY MANDATED FACE COVERING FOR MUSLIM WOMEN. PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM ANOTHER COLLECTOR IN CAIRO, EGYPT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian
label: Culture
content: Arabic-Islamic
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: E424847-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Veil
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 79 cm
label: Width
content: 19.5 cm