Silver and Frankincense : scent and personal adornment in the arab world / Sigrid Van Roode.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Zandvoort : Blikveld Uitgevers, 2020.Description: 138 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9492940108
  • 9789492940100
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN640 R63 2021
Summary: This book introduces this invisible aspect of personal adornment. Starting from a historic background, it explores the rituals, traditions, and customs across this vast region and offers insight in the social and spiritual values of fragrance. The uses of scent in personal appearance such as jewellery, hairstyles and body aesthetic show how these values were reflected in material form. This exploration into the world of scent is vividly illustrated with objects like silver perfume containers, beads of sumptuously scented paste and fragrant clove necklaces, alongside both historic and current-day photographs. Silver and Frankincense takes you on an olfactory journey into beliefs, traditions, innovations and meaning, expressed by scent.
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This book introduces this invisible aspect of personal adornment. Starting from a historic background, it explores the rituals, traditions, and customs across this vast region and offers insight in the social and spiritual values of fragrance. The uses of scent in personal appearance such as jewellery, hairstyles and body aesthetic show how these values were reflected in material form. This exploration into the world of scent is vividly illustrated with objects like silver perfume containers, beads of sumptuously scented paste and fragrant clove necklaces, alongside both historic and current-day photographs. Silver and Frankincense takes you on an olfactory journey into beliefs, traditions, innovations and meaning, expressed by scent.