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    "localId": "29702",
    "label": "Turban Cover",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.178"
}

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    "id": "29702",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.178",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Turban Cover",
    "description": "Turbans, the traditional headgear of Muslims in the Ottoman Empire, were removed like hats without being unbound. One would then place them on a shelf and cover them with embroidered cloths as protection from dust and disrespectful treatment. The wearing of turbans was abolished just a few decades after this cover was made: in 1827, Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808-1839) ordered all male Ottoman subjects, both Christian and Muslim (with the exception of the clergy), to wear red woolen fezzes. Soon thereafter, in 1830, Algeria, previously a semi-autonomous Ottoman province, was invaded by the French.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.178",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textiles",
        "turbans"
    ],
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 316,
            "height": 57.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "124 7/16 x 22 1/2 in. (316 x 57.2 cm)"
}

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    "med": "silk embroidery on linen",
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