Tunic, vernacular Djibbeh

Made:: 1870-1930

Tunic, vernacular Djibbeh, probably North African, 1870-1930
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Tunic, vernacular Djibbeh, probably North African, 1870-1930

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A657327

Materials:: cotton, waxed(?) and cases, leather

Measurements:: length 850 mm
width 740 mm
thickness 25 mm

type:: jackets

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Tunic, vernacular Djibbeh

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