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Place of Origin: African
Set Of Four Framed Genuine Antique Zebra Skin
Located in Delray Beach, FL
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Handmade Butterfly Box – White/Black
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Elevate your space with this exquisite butterfly display box featuring a Belenois calypso from the Central African Republic. This preserved one of a kind specimen is elegantly mounte...
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2010s African Shadow Boxes
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19th Century, Silk Bordered Caftan
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Amazing silk North African caftan, hand-stitched beautiful embroidered details. Framed in a large shadow box, this piece is a visual treat.
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Framed Antique Coptic Textile Fragment from Byzantine North Africa
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small piece of antique Coptic textile woven as a horizontal band with two linear scallop borders flanking three central medallion design. Each medallion has a concentric pattern wi...
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15th Century and Earlier Archaistic Antique African Shadow Boxes
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1940s Face Veil, Sinai Bedouin Desert Garment Nikab Framed Collectible
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Traditional antique circa 1940s Clectible women face veil from the Sinai Bedouin Desert Garment Nikab framed in a lucite box. Museum quality well preserved Middle Eastern Bedouin women face veil, from the Bedouin tribes of the Sinai Desert.
* Dimensions:
Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)Width: 15.25 in (38.74 cm)Depth: 3.75 in (9.53 cm)
Face veil for a Bedouin Women, North Sinai Egypt or Palestine Mid 20th C. An amazing Niqab, Negev Bedouin veil from Palestine or Egypt. Worked on a base of thin red silk and cotton embroidery with antique Ottoman nickel silver coins, glass beads, wo, embroidered, stones, carnelians, glass, and amber. Mid 20th century, circa 1940-50s typical Middle Eastern traditional Arabian Bedouin, Egyptian, Palestinian face mask, garment, head dress, tribal jewelry, bridal veil. Showing heavily decorated in the bottom with silver nickel hands amets for the Evil Eye protection and early textiles (wo and silk) and tassels hanging down. Face coverings were worn for centuries by the women of various nomadic tribal groups of North Africa and the Middle East. In the western desert of Egypt, Berber women living in Bedouin societies sometimes wear masks or veils called niqab. The veils serve mtiple functions, including protecting the women’s face from sun damage, filtering dust from the air, displaying adornment, and demonstrating wealth or status. The niqab worn by Bedouin women on special occasions are sometimes elaborately decorated with coins and beads, like this one. Such masks are not for everyday use; they wod be too hot and heavy. They are worn during special events, such as weddings and feasts. Face veil: 12" W x 19" L, circa 1915-1930. Last pictures are references from the book: "Traditional Palestinian Embroidery...
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Plexiglass
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