Head Scarf (Gutra) of plain woven white and green cotton with green bands intersecting at each corner
- Title
- Head Scarf (Gutra) of plain woven white and green cotton with green bands intersecting at each corner
- LC Subject
- accessories (object genre)
- Donor
- Olsen, Alice
- Description
- Head Scarf (Gutra) of plain woven white and green cotton with green bands intersecting at each corner; added weave of green plant-like motifs that look like grain or seeds; trimmed at the ends with colorful tassels; worn by men in the mountain regions of Saudi Arabia. Head wraps were worn by Bedouin men to protect them from the elements. They also used the cloth to filter water from wells that were full of sand and dirt.
- Motif
- Plaid Grain motif Plant motif
- Work Type
- headscarves
- Location
- Saudi Arabia
- Date
- 1901/2000
- Identifier
- 2019.005.008
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton
- Technique
- Tassels Plain weave
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
