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Photograph of a Veteran Craftsman from Dar al-Kiswah
print possibly made in the 1940s from an older negative
The Khalili Collections
The photograph is of Hajj Muhammad Hasan Amin Nada, a veteran craftsman at the Dar al-Kiswah, embroidering a section of the belt of the Ka'bah (the hizam)known as a kardashiyyah. [for other employees of the Dar al-Kiswah, see ARC.pp 15]
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- Title: Photograph of a Veteran Craftsman from Dar al-Kiswah
- Date Created: print possibly made in the 1940s from an older negative
- Location Created: Egypt
- Type: PHOTOGRAPH
- Medium: photographic print
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