Hajj Paintings: Folk Art of the Great Pilgrimage.
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Square quarto. xxviii + 164pp. Blue cloth with silver titles on spine. Well-illustrated in colour, list of illustrations, glossary. Egyptians taking part in the Hajj, or Great Pilgrimage to Mecca, traditionally celebrated their journey by commissioning a local artist to paint pictures or murals of their pilgrimage on the walls of their homes. This superbly illustrated book chronicles this wonderful folk art, from examples in isolated communities along the Nile delta, down the Red Sea coast, and into the Sinai. Small erasure mark on front free endpaper, otherwise a tight, clean near-Fine copy in near-Fine dust jacket. Item #40828
ISBN: 9781560985464
Price: $15.00