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Full length dress with long sleeves and a matching scarf (part b). Dress is made out of printed red and yellow cotton. Designs on red cotton are black teardrop shapes with yellow dotted lines. Designs on yellow are dark brown and light orange floral motifs with dots throughout. Front of dress is predominantly red, with two yellow panels extending from the waist down. Bottom edge is trimmed with yellow fabric, bordered by burgundy ribbons with embroidered geometric motifs. Motifs done in white. Back of dress is predominantly made of the yellow textile with two red panels running down the entire length. Sleeves are red and have yellow cuffs. Cuffs are trimmed with burgundy embroidered ribbons and circular, gold coloured beads. Dress has a square neckline with heavy embroidery around the edges and beneath it, forming a chest piece. Motifs are geometric and floral, with mirrors throughout, done in multiple colours. Beneath chest piece, a burgundy ribbon spans the waist. Burgundy tassels, with white and red beads, hang along the bottom edge. Two panels of sheer black fabric extend from the shoulders to the waist line, framing the chest piece, and hang loosely from there. The panels are trimmed, from the waist down, with burgundy ribbons and circular, gold coloured beads. Tassels hang from the bottom edges. Semi-sheer red undergarment beneath dress. Dress is unlined and has zippered opening along back. Scarf is rectangular and made of sheer yellow fabric. The left and right sides are trimmed with printed red cotton and large burgundy tassels. Tassels are attached to the scarf with strands of black, silver and red beads.

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The donor was gifted the dress and scarf (for his wife) while doing educational consulting work in Saudi Arabia, c. 2000, as a parting gift from his client.