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Travel chest, Mauritania

A beautiful old Mauritanian travel chest with great metal fittings.
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  • very beautiful! What size has this ?

  • Thanks, Eva. It's 54 x 32 x 18 cm. You can see more pictures at this link http://www.berberia.es/en/collector-s/1297-sunduk-old-mauritanian-t...

  • Thank you for the info! I just looked at it, very beautiful!!!

  • Superb. Have never seem one so big and in such great  condition..Congratulations. A treasure.

  • A real treasur,i like this one a lot and all the mauritanian woodwork. Imbelivable That all handmade,even the lock and keys are handmade. I have some differrnt sizrs ones, i ll post fotos when i get time

  • Thank you for the nice comments and for the feature!. I apologise as this is not truly a piece of ethnic jewellery or adornment but thought it was related somehow as I could imagine a lady using it as a safebox keep her valuable dowry jewellery ...

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