album;
painting
- Museum number
- 1974,0617,0.12.2.7
- Title
- Object: Costumes Turcs Vol II
- Description
-
Painting (watercolour). Folio 7 from an album showing Turkish costume. Falakacı kadın, the woman who punished wrongdoers in the Harem by beating them on the soles of their feet. Carrying a thick red staff and the cane (fala) with the loop to hold the culprits' feet. Cerise entari with gold edging, tight bodice and sleeves and a wide flowered sash (kuşak). Large round green head-dress.
- Production date
- 1790 (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 37 centimetres (sheet)
-
Width: 22 centimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
-
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2014: 22/04 - 10/08, Paris, Institute du Monde Arabe, 'Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca'. Page 125 displayed
2013 - 2014 9 Oct - 5 Jan, Doha, Museum of Islamic Art, 'Hajj - The Journey Through Art' 1974,0617,0.12.2.123 displayed
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books (OMPB).
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1974,0617,0.12.2.7
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: 22368 (British Library Reference)
