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Name of Object:

Tantura

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The British Museum

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Date of Object:

Late 18th century to mid 19th century

Inventory Number:

As1991,01.1

Provenance:

Levant

Description:

Woman's head-dress found on Mount Lebanon. Associated with the Druze. This type of headdress disappeared between 1860 and 1880 following changes in the Mount Lebanon political structure with the stronger centralisation of the Ottoman government.

Citation of this web page:

"Tantura" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;25;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 025

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