IDNO

P.50996.RDG

Description

Half-length posed studio portrait of a woman wearing a dark shayla style headscarf with embroidered edges and long fringing. Around her head is an embroidered band which holds the scarf in place. Across the top of her head she wears a possibly leather decorated head band with four large metal loops, some with decoration and chain attachments. Two braids fall across her forehead and are tucked into the scarf. She wears arm and finger ornaments, has her finger tips hennaed, and what seems to be a dark tunic with a patterned fabric underneath.

Place

N Africa; NE Africa; ?Egypt; ?Sudan

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

C. & G. Zangaki Brothers

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1880 - 1900

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print was found in an envelope now marked C239/ which was inside the wooden drawer I.

Biographical Information: “The shayla is a long, rectangular scarf popular in the Gulf region. It is wrapped around the head and tucked or pinned in place at the shoulders.” BBC News in graphics at www.bbc.co.uk/news

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [JD 2/7/2007]