Cleveland Museum of Art
Headdress
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- Linen, shells, glass beads, metal coins
- Culture
- probably southeastern Europe, Balkans
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 95766
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This long, colorful headdress would hang over the head and down a woman's back. It consists of several panels of linen sewn together, and densely embroidered with silk thread. On the middle panel, small black, red, white, yellow, and red beads are stitched to create geometric designs. Double rows of small cowrie shells outline them, and metal coins with a crescent moon motif also feature in the decoration. These are first punctured, then stitched onto the textile. The lowermost edge is finished with a red fringe.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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