TWO PALESTINIAN HEADDRESSES Beit Dajan, 19th Century and Negev, mid-20th...
TWO PALESTINIAN HEADDRESSES
Beit Dajan, 19th Century and Negev, mid-20th century
Comprising two headpieces, one with long, narrow bands of cotton with embroidery and tassles at the tips, both hanging from the embroidered cap, the other made of vertical panels of alternating shades of orange and brown, decorated with cowrie shells, with small white buttons and a row of overlapping coins in the Ottoman style running across the top edge of the cap and along the strap.
96.5cm x 19cm diameter and 47cm x 60cm (2)
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TWO PALESTINIAN HEADDRESSES
Beit Dajan, 19th Century and Negev, mid-20th century
Comprising two headpieces, one with long, narrow bands of cotton with embroidery and tassles at the tips, both hanging from the embroidered cap, the other made of vertical panels of alternating shades of orange and brown, decorated with cowrie shells, with small white buttons and a row of overlapping coins in the Ottoman style running across the top edge of the cap and along the strap.
96.5cm x 19cm diameter and 47cm x 60cm (2)
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
