Name of Object:

Lace skirt

Name in original language:

Tanura zam

Location:

Amman, Jordan

Holding Institution:

Jordan Museum for Costumes and Jewellery, Department of Antiquities

 About Jordan Museum for Costumes and Jewellery, Amman

Date of Object:

Early 20th century

Inventory Number:

91,006

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Lace; machine weaving

Provenance:

Eastern Jordan (al-Azraq), al-Druz tribes

Description:

Skirt of light pink lace with black flowers, pursed from the middle, worn over a woman’s dress. This object illustrates the variegated population composition of Jordan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the various local costumes and rites, fashion and personal attire. This skirt was used by al-Druze women in Jordan. The al-Druze tribes migrated from Syria (Hawran) to north east Jordan in the early twentieth century because of their support for the Syrian revolution against the French occupation.

Citation of this web page:

Huda Kilani "Lace skirt" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;jo;18;en

Prepared by: Huda Kilani
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MWNF Working Number: JO 018