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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

January 1963

Image ID

D.048

Alternate Identifier

B04.048

Subcollection

D: North Africa

Abstract

The part of the mosque which Urdu speakers in South Asia refer to as the ghusal khana, lit. "place of bathing." This is where worshippers come to perform the ablutions necessary to ensure ritual purity before saying their prayers. -MA

Image Notes

Photograph created 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B.04.048. Notes written on the slide or index: Tripoli - Fountain, Tripoli Bath-house.

Curator Notes

Legacy Subcollection: "D: Tripoli"

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Tripoli, Libya

Keywords

Wudu, Arabesque, Basin, Relief Sculpture, Stone Carving, Carving

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