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2018.37.117.1

Cardboard box for a chechia (felted hat).

2018.37.117.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cardboard box for a chechia (felted hat).
Long description
Cardboard box for a chechia (felted hat). Part of a set of materials for chechia-making. For the other parts see 2018.37.117 .2 to 2018.37.117 .7.
Geographical reference
Tunisia
Africa > Northern Africa > Tunisia
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul
PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date / Period
Date made: 1995
Date collected
1995
Acquisition information
Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes
Material Felt Wool Textile Animal, Process Felted, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Length x Width 295 x 150 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2018.37.117.1 Other numbers: T4
Research and responses

The Jenny Balfour-Paul collection [2018.37] was extensively researched and studied as part of the Multaka Oxford Project. The Multaka Oxford project is an inclusive volunteering programme using the collections as a springboard for intercultural dialogue about cultural heritage delivered jointly by the Pitt Rivers Museum and the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford. Any inout from Multaka volunteers have been included as project notes on the database records for specific objects. [FB 26/1/2021]

For three photographs of chechia-making, taken by Jenny Balfour-Paul in Tunis in 1995 see 2018.137.1900-.1902. [Joanna Cole 25/11/2022].

Associated publications
Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo in the Arab World, Routledge, 1997 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019] Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by , British Museum Press, 1998 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019]

Search terms: Textile, Hat, Headgear

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