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Title
Silver of the possessed: jewellery in the Egyptian zar |
Full text
https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3765804 |
Date
2024 |
Author(s)
Roode, S.M. van |
Contributor(s)
Buskens, L.P.H.M.; Cappers, R.T.J.; Buitelaar, M.W. (Committee member); Kaper, O.E. (Committee member); Keurs, P.J. ter (Committee member); Nieuwkerk, C. van (Committee member); Leiden University |
Abstract
In the 19th century an African possession cult called zar arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult. Currently, zar jewellery items are sought-after collectors' items for both private collectors and museums. Silver of the Possessed places jewellery of the Egyptian zar in its cultural and historical context and addresses Egyptian zar jewellery from multiple angles. First, it analyses how our current understanding of this jewellery has evolved through collecting and publishing. Examining its cultural background in African possession cults results in a new insight of the many roles jewellery played in zar, observing jewellery as a financial asset allows us to grasp its implications for household economy dynamics, while looking at jewellery in a diachronic perspective may even reveal changes in the ritual itself. Finally, this study explores its potential as an actual historic source: these jewellery items shed light on the world view of their wearers, and as such form an unexpected additional source for late 19th and early 20th century Egypt. - Juynboll Stichting - Middle Eastern Studies |
Subject(s)
Jewellery; Zar; Ethnography; Material culture; Collecting; Possession ritual; Knowledge structures; Lived religion; Egypt |
Language
en |
Publisher
Sidestone Press |
Type of publication
Doctoral Thesis; info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis; Text |
Format
application/pdf |
Identifier
isbn:9789464280722; doi:10.59641/z8c4w5x6y7; lucris-id:1306186227 |
Repository
Leiden - University of Leiden
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