My veils in the Leiden Institute published in this book. The Leiden Institute bought my collection of more than 20 veils including a horse hair padjara, and Gillian, the wife of the director included a couple in this book of veils throughout the Islamic world. Thanks to Carol Bier, who gifted me with the book, I am now able to see my beloved veils in print. I collected them while consulting with the museums of Uzbekistan, in particular the Samarkand Museum of Fine Arts, which no longer exists, and the museums in Bukhara and Kiva. It was wonderful to help them develop business sponsorship, to upgrade their exhibition spaces and their administration of the museums. They also developed gift shops for support of the museums and to discourage illegal sale of items in the collection to visitors.
I found the veils in the market place; at the time, they were an overlooked object so I was able to purchase examples used in weddings in particular, but also on a daily basis. Somewhere I must have images of all the veils sent to Leiden.
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I found the veils in the market place; at the time, they were an overlooked object so I was able to purchase examples used in weddings in particular, but also on a daily basis. Somewhere I must have images of all the veils sent to Leiden.
to pson.
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