Taif Wedding Dress
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's notes: "The women of southeast Arabia are said to wear these dresses at their weddings. Contrary to our customs, the bride would continue to wear her dress after her marriage. The dresses are full and would allow for use after the bride became pregnant. This [type of] dress is not used in the Eastern Province." See Abercrombie "Saudi Arabia, Beyond the Sands of Mecca" in National Geographic, Vol. 129, No. 1 (Jan 1966) p. 16-17, for photo of Taif wedding dresses for sale (hand embroidered at that time).
label: Notes
content: Embroidered black velveteen dress. 3/4 length sleeves, full skirt, round neck with slit down front. Bright orange chain stitch embroidery along most seams. Yellow, orange, red, green, and white dense embroidery (lines, loops, and circles) down center-front and arms. Center front and center back lined with striped cotton fabric.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
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: E432038-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Width - Cuff To Cuff
content: 137 cm
label: Width - At Bottom Hem
content: 93 cm
label: Length
content: 137 cm