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Cap (hood)

late 20th century
Object PlaceSaudi Arabia
Medium/TechniqueCotton, synthetic, glass beads
DimensionsLength x width: 26.7 x 15.9 cm (10 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.) Measured while folded in half lengthwise
Credit LineGift of Dawn Nordblom in memory of Rodger P. Nordblom
Accession number2014.414
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBetween 1980 and 1985, acquired by Dawn Nordblom, Palm Beach, CA from Bedouin people in Saudi Arabia; 2014, gift of Nordblom to the MFA. (Accession date: February 26, 2014)
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