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Shoulder Cloth (Akbazi)

Shoulder Cloth (Akbazi)

Ida ou Nadif Anti-Atlas Mountains region, Morocco
Date
1930s/40s
Medium
Wool, plain weave; appliquéd with nylon machine knitting and wool and rayon felt; embroidered with wool, wax-coated-wool and rayon in buttonhole, cross, long-armed cross, and stem stitches; back stitch couching; knotted wool and cut fringe
Dimensions
49 × 43.7 cm (19 1/4 × 17 1/4 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson