Women's Cap, Jerusalem (Early 20th Century)

Name/Title

Women's Cap, Jerusalem (Early 20th Century)

Entry/Object ID

2023.004

Tags

On View

Description

Embroidered in cross-stitch with silver coins, worn by a wealthy married woman in the Jerusalem area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Cataloged By

Wafa Ghnaim

Category

Ethnographic Collection

Acquisition

Notes

Gift of Marjorie Ransom

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Headdress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Sewing Stitch Type

Cross Stitch

Made/Created

Artist

Maker Once Known

Date made

1900 - 1948

Time Period

20th Century