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Costume > Headwear > Headties

Preferred term

Headties  

Definition

  • Headwear worn by black women; consists variously of a tower of fabric bound tightly around the head; a folded square or triangle of cloth tied tightly to the head and secured in a knot; or a length of fabric wrapped around the head with the ends hanging loose

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bandanas, headties
  • Bandannas, headties
  • Geles
  • Head handkerchiefs, headties
  • Headrags
  • Headwraps
  • Kerchiefs, headties
  • Tieheads
  • Turbans, headties

Notation

  • 118327

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-X67MZC24-4

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