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Object Number 52-39-50/8873
Display Title Hooded cape
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Burnous
Object Description Hooded cape (burnous) made of wool and camel's hair.
Inventory Description Cape, brown wool, woven, silk embroidered tassles
Classification
  • Cape
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mzab
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Algeria / <State> / Melika
Additional Geographic Terms Mzab
Dimensions Overall: 93 x 58.5 x 6.2 cm (36 5/8 x 23 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52-39-50/8873

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