Location:
Mezzanin: At the Threshold of the Orient
Mezzanin: At the Threshold of the Orient
Location:
Mezzanin: At the Threshold of the Orient
Mezzanin: At the Threshold of the Orient
Bedouin cloak
ʿabāye
Standort
Parts of a Bedouin costume
In the desert town of Palmyra Hügel receives a complete outfit of local costume as a present from a high-ranking Bedouin. The individual elements are listed in Arabic on the back of a shirt: “Upon my honour, this belongs to the foreign man who visited us. These things consist of a cloak (ʿabāye), agal (ʿiqāl), headscarf (kūfīya), shirt (qamīs).” Above this, Hügel inscribes his name in Italian: “Sig. [signore] Barone de Hügel”.
Object data
Inv. No.
3457
Object Name
Bedouin cloak
Collection
Carl Alexander Anselm Freiherr von Hügel (1796 Regensburg - 1870 Brüssel) - GND
Dated
1831
Accession Date
1839
Culture
Geography
Material
Wool, silk, silver threads
Dimensions
H. 130 cm, W. 160 cm, D. 8 cm
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