Zikr With Inclinations
Drawing
ca. 1878 (drawn)
ca. 1878 (drawn)
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Drawing
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| Title | Zikr With Inclinations (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil |
| Brief description | Drawing, `Zikr With Inclinations', about 1878, by Rudolf Carl Hüber |
| Physical description | Drawing |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Historical context | Reproduced in G. Ebers, Aegypten, In Bild Und Wort, 2 vols., Stuttgart and Leipzig, 1878-80, Vol. 2, p.126. and in the English translation Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque, Vol. 2, p.110. The Zikr is a Muslim ritual performance consisting of chanting and rocking or rotating the body: for a description, see G. Ebers, Aegypten.. Vol. 2, p.125-126. |
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| Accession number | SD.514 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2008 |
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