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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

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 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

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  • Title: 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
  • 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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