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Carter No.: 256,4,n

Handlist description: Two fibrous fillets bound with string

Card/Transcription No.: 256-4n


256, 4.N. Two fibrous fillets bound with string - <> similar
to worn by beduin over headdress.

POSITION: On crown of head immediately below conic pad (4.U.) - see photo.

DIMENSIONS: L. 58 cents. Max. diam. 20 cents. Thickness 0.8 cents.

DESCRIPTION: A double sort of <> (caqal) similar to worn by beduin over headdress; made of fibrous core and bound with linen thread; having loops <> at ends - (see photo). These were placed around the top of the head wrappings immediately under the conic pad (4.U).

REMARKS: Use unknown. Six dark violet-glass beads over left orbit may have belonged to above.

(See 547, b, and 620-(123))

Card no. 256-4n relating to Carter no. 256,4,n
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