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 009
Type: Bokhour Ingredient
Name: "liban" meaning frankincense or aromatic gum
Place of origin: Uncertain, likely Oman. Oman gained the name "Land of the Frankincense" (Arabic: Ardh Al-liban) for its extensive production of the aromatic resin
Date of production: Uncertain. Aromatic gum has been traded in the region for centuries.
Materials: plastic container, aromatic gum
Diameter: 5 cm
Height: 8 cm