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Document Details : Title: The Journey of One Saudi Arabian Man's Costume from Dhahran to Leiden Author(s): SEIDLER, Helen , VOGELSANG-EASTWOOD, Gillian Journal: Khil'a Volume: 2 Date: 2006 Pages: 137-147 DOI: 10.2143/KH.2.0.2021289 Abstract : In the 1950s, an American dentist working for Aramco in Saudi Arabia was given a complete man’s winter outfit, which is now part of the collection of the Textile Research Centre in Leiden, The Netherlands. The outfit includes a winter gown (thawb), and matching jacket (damir), a winter cloak (bisht), a white cap (taqiyya), a red and white headcloth (ghoutra) and a headrope ('aqal). |
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