Checkered Ghutra
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Grace Burkholder
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Grace Burkholder
notes: label: Notes
content: Collector notes that with the checkered ghutras, "different tribes prefer different colors"
label: Notes
content: Base of lightweight handwoven cotton cloth. Balanced plain weave in white with black warp and weft stripes along all 4 sides. Heavily embroidered with black thread in checkered pattern in center and zigzag around border. Both warp and weft ends tied in bunches and cut, making tiny knot "beads" along the edges.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Saudi Arabia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arab
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370093
label: USNM Number
content: E432048-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Head Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 124 cm
label: Width
content: ca. 119 cm