Dress Item Number: 334/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long black dress with cross-stitch embroidery (tatreez تطريز). The dress has a square neckline with square chest panel embroidered with large multicoloured leaves and a red border. Down the long sleeves and around the sleeve ends are rows of multicoloured floral and jug(?) motifs. Down the lower front and back are vertical lines of multicoloured floral motifs. The inside is unlined.
Narrative
Collected by the donor in the Sinai, in 1963.
Item History
- Made in Egypt before 1963
- Collected during 1963
- Owned by Hugh Allen before October 1, 1976
- Received from Hugh Allen (Donor) on October 1, 1976
What
- Name
- Dress
- Identification Number
- 334/2
- Type of Item
- dress
- Material
- cotton fibre ? and dye
- Overall
- height 142.0 cm, width 148.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Bedouin
- Previous Owner
- Hugh Allen
- Received from
- Hugh Allen (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Egypt
When
- Creation Date
- before 1963
- Collection Date
- during 1963
- Ownership Date
- before October 1, 1976
- Acquisition Date
- on October 1, 1976
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0334/0002