Stories
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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner
Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.
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What our facial hair says about us
Five bearded and moustachioed men choose five hirsute archive images to help them reflect on the way facial hair is linked with personality and identity.
Catalogue
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Luxation: surgeons with turbans applying different methods of traction to aid dislocations in male patients, six illustrations. Woodcut, 1595.
Date: 1595Reference: 22707i- Pictures
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A hospital building, India (?), with men in turbans grouped outside. Photograph, 1900/1920.
Date: 1900-1920Reference: 564569i- Pictures
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Water cart, horse-drawn, with men in turbans, beneath palm trees. Photograph, 1905/1915.
Date: 1905-1915Reference: 562244i- Pictures
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Circumcision of a boy held by two men in turbans. Photograph, 1920/1960, of a Turkish drawing.
Date: 1920-1960Reference: 566268i- Pictures
A woman riding a camel; palm trees; men in turbans; representing Asia. Etching by J. Wagner after J. Amigoni.
Amigoni, Jacopo, 1682-1752.Date: [not after 1780]Reference: 2497406i