Anṣār (الأنصار) jibba

Item

Title

jibbah

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Mahdi; Sudan; clothing, men's

Clothing, General

Description

An Anṣār (الأنصار) jibba Late-period smock-shaped garment, fawn in colour, with short sleeves. Features two rectangles of blue material are sewn on the back and front, placed one over the other. Also light blue patches on sleeves and brown decoration sewn on the sides and at the collar. [FHM 25/09/2019]