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Object: Beauty Product 012 Type: Toilet Soap Name: Lifebuoy Place of origin: England Date of production: This bar was purchased post the year 2000, but this brand of soap was launched by the Lever Brothers in 1895, and made its way into the Emirates during the British protectorate (which took place between 1820 and 1971). F.A.A. remembers using it as a young girl. Materials: paper box, soap bar Weight: 85 g

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 012
Type: Toilet Soap
Name: Lifebuoy
Place of origin: England
Date of production: This bar was purchased post the year 2000, but this brand of soap was launched by the Lever Brothers in 1895, and made its way into the Emirates during the British protectorate (which took place between 1820 and 1971). F.A.A. remembers using it as a young girl.
Materials: paper box, soap bar
Weight: 85 g

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  • Title: Object: Beauty Product 012 Type: Toilet Soap Name: Lifebuoy Place of origin: England Date of production: This bar was purchased post the year 2000, but this brand of soap was launched by the Lever Brothers in 1895, and made its way into the Emirates during the British protectorate (which took place between 1820 and 1971). F.A.A. remembers using it as a young girl. Materials: paper box, soap bar Weight: 85 g
  • 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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