Embroidered Pillowcase
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 May 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 2000 - 2001
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Paula Sabloff
label: Donor Name
content: University Of Pennsylvania Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: Pillow cover made from a width of commercially manufactured cloth, folded over and machine sewn up the sides, then embroidered with flowers on the folded edge. The cloth is white twill (polyester/cotton blend?). The embroidery is done in knot stitch ("French knots"). The two flowers are bright pink with yellow centers, and green leaves.
label: Notes
content: Collected in 2001 as an example of household furnishings used by common herders. Paula Sabloff, curator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, says that a cover like this turns the bed pillows into decorative pillows during the day when the bed is used as a couch.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mongol
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2049147
label: USNM Number
content: E432402-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pillow Cover
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 68 cm
label: Width
content: 45 cm