Anṣār (الأنصار) jibbah
Item
Title
Anṣār (الأنصار) jibbah
jibbah
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Sudan; clothing, men's
Clothing, General
Description
Anṣār (الأنصار) late-period smock-shaped garment, fawn in colour, with short sleeves. Two rectangles of blue material on back and front placed one over the other, probably indicating that the wearer was a follower of the Khalīfa ʿAbdullāhi’s Black Brigade (always described in Arabic as al-rayā al-zarqa, ‘blue banner’). [FHM 25/09/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Format
Length 935mm; Width 1175mm
Identifier
5705.5.2
ES48
Source
Relation
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Title | Alternate label | Class |
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The jibba: clothing for Sufi and soldier | Text |