1. 1781.b.6/32
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1781.b.6/32
- Title:
- 'Ein Stück der Kiswah (der brokanten Bekleidung der Ka’bah)'. Photographer: Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
- Scope & Content:
- Genre/Subject Matter: This dark-coloured print reproduces a section of the patterns inscribed on the kiswa, the black brocade cloth that covers the Caaba. Lighter lined areas delineated the decorative script and surrounding zigzag patterns. Within the zigzagged middle section of the piece the ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- German
- Date Range:
- 1888
- Extent:
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1 print