File:Derbekkeh, p. 580 in Thomson, 1859.jpg

Derbekkeh, Palestine, picture p. 580 in W. M. Thomson: The Land and the Book; or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land. Vol. II. New York, 1859.

• Question About Sources: After researching this citation I found a brief reference to the "derbekkeh" being popular in Palestine, but NO picture. It appears from the image that these pictures are actually from Edward William Lane's book "An Account of the Manners and Customs of Modern Egyptians" (pp366-367) but the pictures were inverted and the original term "darabukkeh" was erased and replaced with the "Derbekkeh" that Thomson uses.

• • Hi, that is very interesting information! I scanned this picture from the Thomson-book (which I own). There is also a version on google-books, see here. Now, it looks as if Thomson "borrowed" his illustrations from anyone. Look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayt_Jibrin, where the picture from Thomson is obviously an adaption from the David Roberts-picture above (published 1842-49). Another example is p.568, which I believe Thomson copied from W. H. Bartlett, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Christians. Regards, TheRealHuldra (talk) 01:41, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Comparison

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  Sa'ga't (1). Ta'r (2), and Dar'abook'keh (3). (Lane [1836], 1860, p.366)
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  Earthen Darábukkeh, Zummárah, Mouthpiece of the latter, Arghool (Lane [1836], 1860, p.367)
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  Wooden Darabukkeh, Earthen Darabukkeh (Lane [1836], 2010, p.363)
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  Derbekkeh (Thomson 1859, p.580) (corrected the vertical direction)
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  Derbekkeh (Thomson 1859, p.580)
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  Deff - Tambourine (Thomson 1859, p.579)

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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalseI have copies of both books, Thompson's and Lane's, and it is evident that Thompson pinched lots of his pictures from Lane, without any attribution. Lane was very observant of fine detail, such as the detail of women's decoration to their hands, which Thompson puts in as typical of Palestine, whereas they were from Cairo. Of course, they may have been identical, but as I suspect they were not, I take the Illustrations in Thompson with a pinch of salt, unless they were clearly done by his son, or other local artist.