COLLECTION NAME:
Costume History
Record
Work Record ID:
14154
Work Type:
prints (visual works)
Title:
Governor of Oróomiah, in His Official Attitude and Dress
Title Alternative:
Governor of Oróomiah
Measurements:
23.2 cm x 14.4 cm
Material:
paper
Material:
ink
Material:
pigment
Technique:
lithography
Cultural Context:
Persian (culture)
Date Original:
1843
Location:
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Repository:
Western Michigan University, Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Call number:
DS 258 .P4 1843
Style Period:
Qajar
Subject-LCNA:
Perkins, Justin 1805-1869
Subject-LCSH:
Clothing and dress--Iran
Subject-LCSH:
Public officers
Subject-AAT:
hairstyles
Subject-AAT:
tunics
Subject-AAT:
daggers
Subject-AAT:
headgear
Subject-AAT:
cummerbunds
Subject-TGM:
Government officials
Subject-TGN:
Iran (nation)
Subject-Keywords:
government officials, hats
Description:
Colored lithograph shows a kneeling government official wearing a red tunic orb caba over a white shirt called a pirahan (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 9); a cummerbund or kamarband (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 11) with a dagger; a full beard and neck length hair; and a hat called kolah namadi (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 12) with a tassel at the tip. Shoberl refers to the pirahan as the peerahun (1845, p. 123)
Image Source:
Perkins, Justin. A Residence of Eight Years in Persia, Among the Nestorian Christians: with Notices of the Muhammedans. Andover, MA: Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1843.
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
Image Type:
digital images
Image Format:
image/tiff; image/jp2
Image Measurements:
86,869,681 bytes
View Description:
general views
Digital Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Collection Title:
Costume History Collection
Image Access:
For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008-5347
Image Identifier:
EXWS_Cos_Per_007
Governor of Oróomiah, in His Official Attitude and Dress
