Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory Regalia for Shereef Melidor and Shereef Orasmin (29th Degree)
1915-1919
Walter Tripp (1868-1926)
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
Print process on paper, opaque watercolor, graphite, ink
overall: 10"h x 8"w
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
2011.068.219

Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory regalia for Shereef Melidor and Shereef Orasmin (29th degree). Depicts full-length male figure wearing a long brown robe over peach shirt and harem pants. He wears a wide brown sash. He wears brown shoes. He is cleanshaven and wears a gold, maroon and green striped turban that extends down to his shoulders. He stands in profile with one arm bent at the elbow and his hand straight out as if to shake hands. The other arm is straight down against his side. Handwritten on the back is "C77-11." Attached to the original plastic backing is a red and white label with lettering "C. 77- XXIX Shereefs Melidor and Orasmin / Trousers, / Tunic, / Sandals, / Turban."