id: 95485 accession number: 1916.1221 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1221 updated: 2025-05-06 12:06:27.412000 Headdress (beniqa), 1800s. Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian embroiderer. Linen, silk, and metal; overall: 210.8 x 17.1 cm (83 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1221 title: Headdress (beniqa) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1800s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 current location: 234 Textile Gallery creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Africa, North Africa, Algeria, Algerian embroiderer technique: Linen, silk, and metal department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 210.8 x 17.1 cm (83 x 6 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Stories from Storage opening date: 2021-02-06T05:00:00 Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). title: Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry opening date: 2024-11-03T04:00:00 Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 2024-October 12, 2025). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857-1926] and Ellen Garretson Wade [1859-1917], Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1916 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1916- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1221/1916.1221_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1221/1916.1221_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1221/1916.1221_full.tif