Ensemble - Nubian Traditional Ensemble

Nubian Ensemble. A) Jirjara robe (Nubian-style young woman's galabeyah) of sheer black machine-made lace with scattered "tendrils" of various sized dots all-over which extend from hem upwards. Full-length, with rounded neckline and slight "V" at front. Full-length sleeves flaring to wrist. B) Under-dress of white cotton embroidered with ancient Egyptian-inspired motifs, including lotus blossoms. Full-length, with rounded neckline with small "V" at front. Neckline edged with green embroidery. Short sleeves edged with similar green embroidery, as are the short slits from the hem upwards. "Bib" at front of upper part of dress with green, yellow, blue, red, and pink embroidery of stylized lotus, scrolls, border lines, etc. Front of skirt with large embroidered motif of lotus(?) growing from bowl, with other blossoms around, in same colors. Back is plain. Unlined. C) Head scarf of very fine black fabric. Triangular in shape, with edging of simulated gold-colored coins. With suite of costume jewelery of gold-colored metal hung with faux coins, consisting of: 1) Necklace. Simple gold chain suspending triangular "net" of gold quaterfoil-shaped links hung with tiers of faux coins. Simple hook fastener. "Cascade" style. 2) Headpiece (?). Formed of two linked triangles of net with 6-lobed openwork links, hung with …
Date: 1975/2010
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Headpiece

Headpiece. Formed of two linked triangles of net with 6-lobed openwork links, hung with tiers of faux coins. At center point is large heart-shaped pendant hung with fringe of coins on short beaded strands. From a Nubian ensemble. (Curator notes that this might be a bra-style garment, though original records show it as a headpiece.)
Date: 1975/1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Necklace

Necklace. Simple gold chain suspending triangular "net" of gold quatrefoil-shaped links hung with tiers of faux coins. Simple hook fastener. "Cascade" style. Part of a Nubian ensemble.
Date: 1975/1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bracelet

Bracelet. Cuff-style openwork wire bracelet with fringe of tiny spherical bells. Part of a Nubian ensemble.
Date: 1975/1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cascading earrings

Earrings with a simple hook design, suspending a horizontal bar from which hangs a triangular "cascade" of tiers of faux gold coins hung on a net of quatrefoil-shaped links. Part of a Nubian ensemble.
Date: 1975/1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cuff-style bracelet

Bracelet. Cuff-style bracelet of openwork metal hung with a triangular "cascade" of tiers of faux gold coins hung on a net of quatrefoil-shaped links. Part of a Nubian ensemble.
Date: 1975/1999
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library