COLLECTION NAME:
Costume History
Record
Work Record ID:
14169
Work Type:
prints (visual works)
Title:
Dunka, a Nestorian Priest from the Mountains
Title Alternative:
Priest Dunka
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:
Religious leaders
Subject-AAT:
hairstyles
Subject-AAT:
jackets
Subject-AAT:
shalwar
Subject-AAT:
cummerbunds
Subject-AAT:
shirts
Subject-AAT:
shoes
Subject-TGM:
Priests
Subject-TGN:
Iran (nation)
Subject-Keywords:
priests, hats, shalwar, shirts
Description:
Priest Dunka, a Nestorian priest, is pictured wearing the caba (Shoberl 1845, p. 34) or qaba (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 10) over shalwar. His outer garment is the kolija (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 10). He is wearing slippers and a turban.
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.
References:
Shoberl, Frederic. Persia: Containing a Description of the Country with an Account of Its Government, Laws, and Religion, and of the Character, Manners and Customs, Art, Amusements, Etc. of Its Inhabitants. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1845.
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:
86,568,209 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 49008-5332
Image Identifier:
EXWS_Cos_Per_022
Dunka, a Nestorian Priest from the Mountains
