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TORTOISESHELL MANTILLA

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Tall molded plastic tortoiseshell mantilla curving forward with slight fan shape 10.5” at base to 13” at top, in open Moorish pierced design with seven (7) heavy pronged comb to support the mantilla in the hair. The pattern is impressed on the back of the object and is smooth on the front side.

Object name:
TORTOISESHELL MANTILLA
Made from:
molded plastic
Made in:
Unknown
Date made:
unknown
Size:
11.4 × 25.4 cm (4 1/2 × 10 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2012.9.16
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973