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Sequined wedding shawl from Bukhara and Afghanistan
A bride wore a shawl such as this for the first time at her betrothal ceremony, usually held a year before her wedding. This symbol of engagement was worn over a brilliantly colored reddish-pink shawl, against which the sequined patterns stood out boldly. In Afghanistan both shawls, together with other garments, were presented to the bride by the bridegroom’s family before the ceremony, and she la…
Type of item
- Object Type: shawl
- Bride's scarf
- shawl
- Shawl
Date
- Early 20th century
Type of item
- Object Type: shawl
- Bride's scarf
- shawl
- Shawl
Date
- Early 20th century
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Mauro Magliani
Creation date
- 1900/1940
- 1900/1940
Places
- Uzbekistan
- Uzbekistan
Identifier
- B66.12.1520
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/380493
Extent
- L: 274; W: 197 cm
Format
- Color: white
- Color: gold
- Color: gold
- white
- gold
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- cotton (fiber)
- copper
- silk (silkworm material)
- tulle (meshed textile)
- embroidering
- net
- sequin
- pink
- orange
Providing country
- Israel
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2021-10-21T20:12:44.106Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-06-24T12:34:00.608Z