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Dear Bianca; This belt is STUNNING!!! Congratulations! Peter
Wow!! I have never seen a belt from Libya; I love seeing the special Libyan engravings with the Ottoman influence of the bow in front. The hand is a delicate touch.
And another Wow from me. Really beautiful and not often seen - I think Alaa once showed us a similar piece if I remember right... Love the hand, too!
Thanx Betty for remembering.
Yes i own a similar one, which gave me mightmares to locate on the ethnic jewels map until i found out it was libyan .
The construction of it as a single repousse wide silver band, is the most striking feature of these belts
Very attractive. Alaa, is it brass and silver or all silver ? I wonder has this belt held also a lining? or else it maybe a bit sharp? love the flowing vanes. Gr. ingrid.
This should be all silver, i reckon the buckles framing parts could use some thourough cleaning to retrieve their shine!
It is actually a very sharp object, very metallic, very industrial but quite flexible.
It was certainly embossed on lead in the ottoman fashion
Thank you Alaa, Good of you to answer my question, but I have to give the compliment to Bianca it was her photo. So Well done Bianca and Alaa.
I shall add that this belt was by no means a "beduini / bedouin" ornament, rather a very citadine object worn in both tripolitania and cyrenaica (tripoli and benghazi for that matter) and we have early postcards showing even jewish ladies from tripoli wearing it
I gather Peter will be drawn to this object for the simple fact that he is a very enthusiastic collector of ottoman belts and i firmly believe that this libyan one has a rooted ottoman tradition