Panel from a Head Covering (‘Ajar)

probably 1800s or early 1900s Overall: 117.2 x 53.4 cm (46 1/8 x 21 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.320

This panel was part of an urban Tunisian woman’s head-covering (‘ajar). Two such panels flanked a face-obscuring black panel. Such luxurious garments of seclusion were once reserved for elites. The decorative panels draped down when worn, showing off the finely woven motifs an...

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