Sab’aawi (Beer Seba) Dress with long sleeve opening

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Sab’aawi (Beer Seba) Dress with long sleeve opening

Collection: 
Dresses
Collection item description: 

Black dress with wide sleeves, and aqras (geometrical figures) embroidery on the chest panel, the shoulders and along the sleeves, showing geometrical figures and the cypress trees braidwork. The sleeve opening has a tashreefa with white and red. The front side and the banayeq (sidelines) has intense cypress trees motif embroidery, while the back side shows atlas motif showing moons and other geometrical figures. The top shows cypress trees designs and the tail of the dress shows two lines of blue embroidery. 

Registration No: 
02003900
District: 
Beer Seba (Middle East, Palestine)
Materials: 
Cloth
Dimensions: 
Length: 143.0 cm Width: 114.0 cm
Acquisition Date: 
1983