Circlet (Agal) of black camel hair cord wound around a round padding

Title
Circlet (Agal) of black camel hair cord wound around a round padding
LC Subject
accessories (object genre)
Donor
Ingalls, Ida
Description
Circlet (Agal) of black camel hair cord wound around a round padding; double looped type worn by Judea shepherds and laid on the top of the head to hold the head scarf in place; thick rope circlet; menswear.
Motif
Tassels
Work Type
headscarves
Location
Israel
Date
1801/1900
Identifier
1952.013.005
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Camel's Hair
Technique
Wound yarns Tassels
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Gift to the donor from her uncle in 1930 and purchased by him during his travels to the Near East.