Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Yemen. 3000 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix
(103 words)

Editor & Curator

Werner Daum.

Imprint

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1988. 483 pp., illustrations: 258 col., 288 b&w, 26.9 × 21 cm. English.

ISBN

3701622922

Location

Tropenmuseum (15 December 1988–3 September 1989)

Description

Monumental exhibition on the history of Yemen. 47 illustrated essays, including one on Jewish world trade in the 11th and 12th Centuries (pp. 167–173), and another on “The Jews of Yemen” (pp. 265–279). Examples of Jewish silver are found on pp. 145 and 318. Jewish families are pictured on pp. 242 and 244. “Jewish work” is featured on pp. 411–415. No itemized listing.

main keywords

COSTUME
JEWELRY
SILVERSMITHING, YEMEN
YEMEN

minor keywords

Archaeological finds
Synagogues, Yemen
Women’s handicrafts

Cite this page
“Yemen. 3000 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0934>
First published online: 2019



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