- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Elaborately decorated rectangular face mask.
- Person
- Maker Saeeda Saeed Dameen al Rowas
- Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones
- PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 2003
- Date collected
- November 1986
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 2003
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Yarn Metallic, Material Sequin, Material Pigment, Material String, Material Synthetic Yarn, Process Stitched, Process Dyed, Process Embroidered, Process Cutwork, Process Crocheted
- Dimensions
- Height 165 mm, Width: max 145 mm excluding ties, folded
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2003.9.280 Other numbers: No field collector's number
Search terms: Mask, Clothing Headgear, Religion, Headgear
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