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Description: Days after the Twin Tower attacks on September 11, 2001, Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh gas station owner, was shot to death in Mesa, Arizona in one of the first acts of retaliation targeting Arab Americans, Muslim Americans, and South Asian Americans. This turban, which he once wore, was donated to the National Museum of American History by his family.

Credit Line: Gift of Rana Singh Sodhi

ID Number: 2011.0255.01
catalog number: 2011.0255.01
accession number: 2011.0255

Object Name: turban

Physical Description: cotton (overall material); blue (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 111 1/2 in x 80 1/2 in; 283.21 cm x 204.47 cm

See more items in: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business; Cultures & Communities; American Enterprise
Exhibition: American Enterprise
Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

National Museum of American History

Record ID: nmah_1416412

Metadata Usage (text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-77b4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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