Name of Object:

A Druse Bride from Lebanon

Name in original language:

Sposa drusa del Libano

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “Luigi Pigorini”

Date of Object:

c. 1881

Author:

Unknown (Enrico H. Giglioli?)

Inventory Number:

inv. 3369/g

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Albumen

Dimensions:

13,7 x 20,8

Provenance:

Egypt

Description:

The bride wears a tantur, a head ornament worn along with a white veil by the women from Antilibano. The photo belonging to Enrico H. Giglioli's collection was collected by the Florentine naturalist on his world travels in 1865 to 1868 as he advanced diplomatic and commercial affairs between the newborn Italian state and the other nations. The images seem to have been created spontaneously to show ethnocentric diversity. The ethnographic photographs in the Giglioli's collection are part of the historical archive of the Pigorini Museum and are important for the histories of anthropological science and photography. The origins of scientific activity and conservation of Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" in Rome can be traced back to the 1875 foundation of the "Royal National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography in Rome" within the buildings of the Roman College.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

Vito Lattanzi, Marina Minozzi "A Druse Bride from Lebanon" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;237;en;en

Prepared by: Vito Lattanzi, Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 096