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Object: Beauty Product 004 Type: Perfume (rose extract) Name: Rose 555, "Bint Al Bahrain," meaning "Girl of Bahrain" Place of origin: Bahrain Date of production: c.1940s - 1950s Brand name: "Asgharali" - This was a well-known brand of beauty products from Bahrain, usually identified by the image of a young girl with flowers in her hair on the package. Women would look for this image as a guarantee of quality when selecting beauty products in a shop or from a merchant. Materials: glass bottle, plastic cap Diameter of cap: 1.5 cm Base dimensions: each side of hexagon is 2 cm Height: 8.5 cm Volume: 25 ml

Clint McLean for Suheyla Takesh2014

FIND : NYU Abu Dhabi / New York

FIND : NYU Abu Dhabi / New York
United Arab Emirates

scented beauty product from the private collection of Fatima Ahmead Obaid Zayed Almogani Alnaqbi, as documented by Suheyla Takesh and Clint McLean (photographer) as a part of Suheyla Takesh's Summer 2014 FIND Fellowship

Object: Beauty Product 004
Type: Perfume (rose extract)
Name: Rose 555, ""Bint Al Bahrain,"" meaning ""Girl of Bahrain""
Place of origin: Bahrain
Date of production: c.1940s - 1950s
Brand name: ""Asgharali"" - This was a well-known brand of beauty products from Bahrain, usually identified by the image of a young girl with flowers in her hair on the package. Women would look for this image as a guarantee of quality when selecting beauty products in a shop or from a merchant.
Materials: glass bottle, plastic cap
Diameter of cap: 1.5 cm
Base dimensions: each side of hexagon is 2 cm
Height: 8.5 cm
Volume: 25 ml

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  • Title: Object: Beauty Product 004 Type: Perfume (rose extract) Name: Rose 555, "Bint Al Bahrain," meaning "Girl of Bahrain" Place of origin: Bahrain Date of production: c.1940s - 1950s Brand name: "Asgharali" - This was a well-known brand of beauty products from Bahrain, usually identified by the image of a young girl with flowers in her hair on the package. Women would look for this image as a guarantee of quality when selecting beauty products in a shop or from a merchant. Materials: glass bottle, plastic cap Diameter of cap: 1.5 cm Base dimensions: each side of hexagon is 2 cm Height: 8.5 cm Volume: 25 ml
  • Creator: Clint McLean for Suheyla Takesh
  • Date: 2014
  • Location: Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates
  • Original Source: http://www.f-in-d.com/stories/objects-designed-used-studied
FIND : NYU Abu Dhabi / New York

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