TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mols, Luitgard E. M.
AU  - Vrolijk, Arnoud
ED  - Martineau, Erin
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016//
TI  - Western Arabia in the Leiden collections: traces of a colourful past
PB  - Leiden Publications
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Arabs
KW  - Material culture
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Clothing
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Manuscripts, Arabic
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Leiden
KW  - Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages in art
KW  - Ethnological museums and collections
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Religious life and customs
AB  - In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Dutch diplomats, scholars and travellers assembled unique collections in Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. The Dutch presence in Arabia, where they established a consulate in Jeddah, was intimately connected with the supervision of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca from the Netherlands East Indies, present-day Indonesia. Notable guests at this consulate included the formidable Dutch Islamicist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, visiting Arabia in 1884-1885. With the invaluable help of local Muslims, Dutch collectors tried to capture the essence of what they regarded as an 'authentic' Oriental culture in a period when Arabia was already looking towards modernity. These extensive collections are now preserved at the Leiden Museum of Ethnology (Museum Volkenkunde, est. 1837) and Leiden University (founded 1575). Together, they allow a glimpse into a colourful and vibrant society, one virtually vanished today under ever-growing numbers of pilgrims, changing political and religious allegiances and sudden economic prosperity.
SN  - 9087282591
LA  - English
N1  - Luitgard Mols, Arnoud Vrolijk ; text editor: Erin Martineau
ID  - 879209062
ER  -