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    Lega Ibis Beak

    378.619 Lega Ibis beak

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    Ibis beak
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Ibis beak, bird bone, feathers.
    H: 3.50 cm, W: 16 cm, D: 2.80 cm.
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.619.

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    Lega Mussel Shell

    378.624 Lega mussel shell

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    Mussel shell
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Mussel shell.
    H: 1.80 cm, W: 10.60 cm, D: 6.80 cm.
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.624.

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    Lega Claw

    378.625 Claw

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    Claw
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Claw, plant fiber
    H: 33 cm, W: 4.8 cm, D: 10.4 cm
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.625

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    Lega Animal Teeth

    378.628 Lega Animal teeth

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    Animal teeth
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Animal teeth, animal skin, textile, plant fiber
    H: 4.70 cm, W: 7 cm, D: 1.40 cm
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.628.

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    Lega Snail shells

    378.631 Lega Snail shells

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    Snail shells
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Snail shell, resin
    H: 4.40 cm, W: 5 cm, D: 3.60 cm.
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.631.

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    Lega Tortoise Shell

    378.645 Lega Tortoise shell

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    Tortoise shell
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Tortoise shell
    H: 5.60 cm, W: 9.70 cm, D: 13.80 cm.
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.645.

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    Lega Shell

    378.765 Shell

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    Shell
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Shell
    H: 2 cm, W: 9.70 cm, D: 5 cm
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum purchase. 378.765

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    Lega Jawbone

    378.775 Lega Jawbone

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    Jawbone
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Jawbone, cotton cloth, raffia.
    H: 3.70 cm, W: 6.50 cm, D: 3 cm.
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. 378.775.

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    Dressed with Distinction : Garments from Ottoman Syria

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    Edited by Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

    Dressed with Distinction: Garments from Ottoman Syria offers a window onto the history of textile production in the Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The elaborate garments documented here originated in western Syria and were worn until the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I when political and social changes led to the dominance of Western-style commercially manufactured attire. Until then, for hundreds of years, skilled artists in Syrian cities produced intricately woven textiles and garments for the royal courts, worldly merchants, and elite Bedouin families.

    In addition to articulating the social and seasonal contexts in which the garments were worn, this publication examines the styles of 28 examples of dress once worn by women, men, and children in Ottoman Syria. These garments include cloaks (abaya), head-coverings (hatta), women’s body coverings (çarşaf), and jackets (qumbas).

    Dressed with Distinction: Garments from Ottoman Syria features the collection of David and Elizabeth Reisbord, gifts and promised gifts to the Fowler Museum at ucla.

     

    Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood is the Director of the Textile Research Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands. She is the author of Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Central Asia; The Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent, Bloomsbury, London (2019); and editor and author of the Encyclopedia of Embroidery from the Arab World, Bloomsbury, London (2017). With William Vogelsang, she co-authored Covering the Moon: A History of Middle Eastern Face Veils, Peeters, Leeuven (2008).

    Joanna Barrkman is Senior Curator, Southeast Asian and Pacific Arts, Fowler Museum at ucla, Los Angeles. She co-edited Textiles of Timor: Island in the Woven Sea with Roy W. Hamilton, Fowler Museum Textile Series, Vol. 13, Fowler Museum at ucla (2014). She authored Textiles of Covalima, Timor-Leste, National Directorate of Culture and Creative Industries, Timor-Leste, Dili (2015).

     

    PUBLISHED: December 2019
    BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 80 pages, 9 x 12 in, 72 color illus., 1 b&w illus., 1 charts, 1 map
    ISBN-13: 978-0-99076266-9-0

    Fowler Museum Textile Series, No. 15
    T    extile Series Editorial Board
    Marla C. Berns
    Matthew H. Robb
    Joanna Barrkman
    Deirdre O’Dwyer
    Danny Brauer

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    LX74.1a-c Mask

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    Object Name: Mask

    Artist: Unknown

    Cultural Group: Sinhala peoples

    Place of Origin: Southern Province, Sri Lanka

    Date: Early 20th century

    Dimensions: L: 43.00 cm, H: 25.00 cm

    Materials Used: Wood, paint

    Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Anonymous Loan.

    Accession Number:LX74.1a-c

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    Plant fiber and cowrie shell Lega Belt

    X2001.1.1 Lega belt

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    Belt
    Lega peoples
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Plant fiber, cowrie shells
    L: 60 cm (does not include cord); Max Diam: 27 cm
    Fowler Museum at UCLA. X2001.1.1

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    X2001.11.10 Incense holder

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    Object Name: Incense holder
    Artist: Unknown
    Place of Origin: Gujarat, India
    Date: 19th-20th century
    Dimensions: H: 14.20 cm, W: 11.80 cm, D: 20.00 cm
    Materials Used: Brass
    Credit Line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of the Pal Family. X2001.11.10

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