DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Headband

NameHead band

CultureHarb Tribe (Sunni Bedouin)

Date20th century

Place madeHejaz, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia

Place madeNajd, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia

MediumLeather, cotton, silver beads

Dimensions8 3/16 × 7 11/16 × 1 5/16 in. (20.8 × 19.6 × 3.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Anne Marie Weiss-Armush, A.2018.5.2

Object numberA.2018.5.2

ProvenanceThe donor married a Syrian man and moved to Saudi Arabia in 1976, where she lived for 11 years. During her stay she amassed a large collection of Middle Eastern garments.

DescriptionThe exterior is of leather, threaded with hammered silver beads, molded around a core of padded cotton, lined with cotton. A patch (node) of red cotton, also beaded, is attached.