About This Artwork

Ida ou Nadif
Anti-Atlas Mountains region, Morocco

Shoulder Cloth (Akbazi), 1930s/40s

Wool, plain weave; appliquéd with nylon machine knitting and wool and rayon felt; embroidered with wool, wax-coated-wool and rayon in buttonhole, cross, long-armed cross, and stem stitches; back stitch couching; knotted wool and cut fringe
49 x 43.7 cm (19 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.)
Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson, 2002.271