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Tool kit depicting the Holy Family
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1830
- Artist/maker
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possibly Najaf ‛Ali (active c. 1815 - 1860) (artist)
- Material and technique
- wood, covered with papier mâché, painted with watercolour, and coated with lacquer; wood drawers; metal instruments, mostly steel, some inlaid with gold; instrument hafts of bone or mother-of-pearl; wooden comb
- Dimensions
- 39.5 x 26 x 6.5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › steel,processed material › metal › gold,organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl,
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science/medicine › scientific instrument › medical instrument › surgical instrument › surgical knife,science/medicine › medical/medicine equipment › surgical equipment › circumcision equipment › circumcision-knife,science/medicine › scientific instrument › medical instrument › surgical instrument › surgical knife › circumcision-knife,science/medicine › medical/medicine equipment › surgical equipment › surgical instrument › surgical knife,instrument › scientific instrument › medical instrument › surgical instrument › surgical knife › circumcision-knife,science/medicine › medical/medicine equipment › medical instrument › surgical instrument › surgical knife › circumcision-knife,arms/armour › weapon › dagger,science/medicine › medical/medicine equipment › surgical equipment › surgical instrument › surgical knife › circumcision-knife,
- No. of items
- 53
- Credit line
- Transferred from the Museum of History of Science, 1955.
- Accession no.
- EA1955.1
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Further reading
Robinson, B. W., ‘Lacquer in the University of Oxford’, James Allan, ed., Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Part Two, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), x.2, no. 1 on p. 57, pp. 45 - 46, illus. pp. 46 figs 1 & 2 & p. 47 fig. 3
Allan, James, and Brian Gilmour, Persian Steel: The Tanavoli Collection, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 15 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), pp. 383-386, illus. p. 384 fig. 55 a, p. 385 fig. 55 b, & p. 386 fig. 55 c
Glossary
lacquer
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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
Location
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Lower ground floor | Room 1 | Exploring the Past
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Lower ground floor | Room 1 | Exploring the Past
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