MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01758nam a2200241 a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20260507112353.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
260212s2011 enka g b 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780954479268 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
AE-ShQC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
AE-ShQC |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
NK2725 |
| Item number |
.U59 2006 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Unwin, Sheila. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Arab chest / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Sheila Unwin ; with a foreword by Terence Clark. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Arabian Publishing, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 134 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. (some col.), maps ; |
| Dimensions |
27 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
I. THE STORY OF A QUEST -- II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : Chests and the Arab way of life - The Arab trade network - The Arabs of the Gulf and Oman - Arabs and Persians in East Africa - Europeans and Omanis in East Africa - The rise and fall of the Zanzibari sultanate - Muscat and Oman after 1856 - India and the Mughals - The Europeans in India and the Far East - Dhows and chests: into the 21st century -- III. THE CHESTS : Provenance - The three basic types of chest ; Category 1. Shiraz, Surat and Bombay , Category 2. Malabar , Category 3. Shisham - Construction - Timber - Metalwork - Detailed classification ; Shiraz , Surat , Bombay , Malabar , Shisham , Makran , The Gulf and Oman , East Africa , Cash boxes -- IV. ORIGINS AND AGE : Design origins ; The Far East , The Portuguese , The Dutch , The Company era , Age -- APPENDICES : 1. Cleaning - 2. Repairs - 3. Some Arabic/Swahili equivalents -- MAPS : East Africa - The Indian Ocean showing the monsoon seasons - The Far East. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Chests |
| Geographic subdivision |
Arabian Peninsula. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Cabinetwork |
| Geographic subdivision |
Arabian Peninsula. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Arabian Peninsula |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Clark, Terence. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |