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skhab detail - sold

Posted by ait ouakli on April 28, 2012 at 5:35pm

skhab detail - sold

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Eva Baby April 28, 2012 at 6:22pm

what material is this? Nice colours.
ait ouakli April 28, 2012 at 7:02pm

it is hand made and colored from Mauritania women.sorry. i can really say nothing exact about the material. i got for years 3 pieces , it is still smelling good. the wite is wood. the red i guess is the same as in northafrica. a mix of spices,resine,wood,leaves and flowers.

this one only is left from the 3 and it looks that it is now sold.
ait ouakli April 28, 2012 at 7:05pm

i have a freind from Mauritania visiting me in june, she is art and antique trader. she sold me this, i aske her to bring me 1 or 2 if she has
Chantal April 28, 2012 at 7:19pm

HI Ait,

Interesting piece. Never seen it before...........Is it used on special occasions? Is there a long tradition of these? Last, what is the meaning of "skhab"?(forgot, what sort of wood? there arent many trees in Mauritania?)
ait ouakli April 28, 2012 at 7:33pm

hi chantal

it is a long tradition in all northafrica,some area they use parfumed hair rings,another area this kind , in different forms and materials. look at photos posted by edith. there is in tunisia and algerien semilar ones in another color and form. they wear it specialy in sommer
ait ouakli April 28, 2012 at 7:34pm

the wood , i have no idea. i m sorry but i will search in this direction
Chantal April 28, 2012 at 8:57pm

Thanks Ait. I knew of the perfumed hair rings and the cloves and the brown beads that Edith has shown but it was the red ones which I had never seen.........Nice that they are still made and worn.
ait ouakli April 28, 2012 at 9:20pm

chantal. ofcorse i know that you knew the brown skhab. iwanted to tell you that thi one semilar is. when i got it for 3 years, i felt in love with :-) was new for me and looked beautiful.
Eva Baby April 29, 2012 at 3:41pm

HI, if your friend comes in June and brings some of these along, I would also be interested in buying one....!
ait ouakli April 29, 2012 at 11:36pm

hi Eva. sorry that it was sold . i actualy want one for me too. i aske as i wrote for more of thoes pieces