2005.78 Woman's marriage or ceremonial veil

Women among the Ida ou Nadif and Ida ou Zeddoute peoples of North Africa wear dye-decorated headcloths on special occasions. The rectangular or roughly U-shaped patterns, created by tying the cloth and dyeing it with henna, appear tan, reddish brown, and bluish black on a natural ground. Patterns called mirrors are believed to protect the wearer against the evil eye. The cloth is draped so that the dramatic pattern cascades down the wearer's back.

Roslyn A. Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), 246-247.

2005: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Andres Moraga, Berkeley, California

The main source for this provenance is the copy of the invoice dated September 24, 2005, in the Collections Records object file (2005.78).

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