Detail View: Costume History: A Persian Lady Veiled to Walk Abroad
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Work Record ID:
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14161
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Work Type:
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prints (visual works)
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Title:
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A Persian Lady Veiled to Walk Abroad
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Title Alternative:
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A Lady, Veiled to go Abroad
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Measurements:
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23.2 cm x 14.4 cm
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Material:
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paper
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Material:
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ink
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Material:
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pigment
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Technique:
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lithography
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Cultural Context:
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Persian (culture)
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Date Original:
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1843
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Location:
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA
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Repository:
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Western Michigan University, Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Call number:
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DS 258 .P4 1843
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Style Period:
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Qajar
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Subject-LCNA:
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Perkins, Justin 1805-1869
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Subject-LCSH:
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Upper class--Iran
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Subject-LCSH:
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Clothing and dress--Iran
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Subject-AAT:
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veils (headgear)
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Subject-AAT:
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cloaks
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Subject-TGM:
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Women
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Subject-TGN:
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Iran (nation)
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Subject-Keywords:
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women, veils,
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Relation:
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Electronic version available through Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=RmoqAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Perkins+AND+Persia&hl=en&ei=72gtTseAFrGOsAKq0LmmCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Perkins%20AND%20P
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Description:
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P. 288 "Like all Persian females, when they walk abroad, their faces were closely veiled. Muhammedan law denounces death on any female who exposes her face to a male beyond the limits of her own household. A large covering is thrown over the person, when they go out, to which is commonly attached a small veil before the face with a patch of network half the size of a hand, before the eyes, to enable them to see to walk. This rigorous seclusion is, doubtless, as fruitful a source, as it is striking an index, of the unfaithful character of Muhammedan females. The practice of veiling in itself is said extensively to facilitate and screen illicit connexions." This image of a Persian woman away from her home shows her wearing a large outer garment called the chador (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 17) and a white veil.
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Image Source:
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Perkins, Justin. A Residence of Eight Years in Persia, Among the Nestorian Christians: with Notices of the Muhammedans. Andover, MA: Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1843.
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References:
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Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian. "Qajar Dress from Iran: In the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden." A digital publication http://www.rmv.nl/publicaties/8Qajar/e/hotzuk.pdf. 2001, p. 8-13. Accessed on August 5, 2011.
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Work Rights:
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Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Image Type:
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digital images
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Image Format:
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image/tiff; image/jp2
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Image Measurements:
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88,543,107 bytes
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View Description:
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general views
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Digital Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Collection Title:
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Costume History Collection
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Image Rights:
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Western Michigan University Libraries
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Image Access:
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For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008
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Image Identifier:
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EXWS_Cos_Per_014
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