Abbeya (Cloak)
Unknown Saudi Arabian, Saudi Arabian
collected 1959-1960
Black wool with gold thread
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Col. J. W. A. Whitehorne III
163.6.14834
Geography
Place Made: Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, West Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
West Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Col. Joseph W. A. Whitehorne III (1917-1990) [Dartmouth ROTC], Thetford, Vermont, in Saudi Arabia while he was an attaché from 1959-1960; given to present collection, 1961.
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