[ANON.]

Tunisian Beauty.

Stock Code 60108

Tunisia, c.1870.

£150.00 - £150.00

£150.00

£150.00 - £150.00

£150.00

This photograph allows a glimpse into the life of the Tunisian Jewish community in the late 19th century. Its' subject is a beautiful young girl in traditional Arabic-Jewish dress. The girl is wearing a fringed garment called an 'izar,' which was worn by Jewish women in the Maghrib region. On her head is a pointed hat known as a 'takayda,' and on her feet are flat, pointed slippers called 'belgha.'

Albumen print on card (13.2 x 97 cm). Hairline crack of glass plate showing in negative and small (2 mm) piece of surface missing otherwise very good rich print.

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