Burka
Head Cloth
Textile Fragment
2003-75-19
From: Sudan
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 2003-75-19 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Sudan |
Section | African |
Materials | Cotton |
Technique | Woven | Dyed |
Description | Sample of black cotton tulle cloth used for the face covering of a burka (a mohammedan female costume covering the whole body from head to foot, provided with eye holes). |
Length | 43.2 cm |
Width | 28.6 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1900.1.173 - Other Number | 152 - Other Number |
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