Wall Hanging
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Oct 1988
label: Collection Date
content: July, 1959
name: label: Collector
content: Alixa Naff
label: Donor Name
content: George Naff
notes: label: Notes
content: Wall hanging made of two panels. Appliqued with colorful cotton cloth; embroidery in black thread on light background. Ancient Egyptian motifs. Panel 1: Kneeling male figure, hands raised to sun, lotus blossoms. Panel 2: Pharaonic figure holding royal symbols, seated on chair in front of vase with lotus blossoms. Purchased by donor from government craft shop, July 1959. Pharaonic motifs were revived in President Nassar's period in order to symbolically link the glory of Ancient Egypt to the modern state.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E424815-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wall Hanging
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 46 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2
content: 43.5 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2
content: 45 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2
content: 44.5 cm