The Five Pillars of Islam
A series of short films on the five pillars of Islam - the five duties obligatory for all Muslims - told through objects from Oxford collections.
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Pilgrim's flask in an embroidered linen bag
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Details
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- Date
- 14th - 15th century (1301 - 1500)
- Material and technique
- glass flask, probably blown; linen bag, with remains of embroidery in blue thread, probably cotton or flax; drawn-thread openwork; bag stuffed with vegetable fibre
- Dimensions
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with bag 13.5 x 11 x 1.5 cm sight size (height x width x depth)
flask 10.2 cm (height)
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transport/carrier › carrier › bag,container › vessel › flask › pilgrim-flask,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1994.
- Accession no.
- EA1994.113
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. vol. i, illus. vol. i
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006, Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey, Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot, eds. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), p. 24, illus. p. 24 fig. 11
Location
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- currently in research collection
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