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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 654785, member: 2844"]I see no reason why this couldn't be European influenced Egyptian. It was probably made before the Italian occupation of Lybia (1911).</p><p>The type of inlay is North African Moorish, with that much bone and inlaid wood. East Africa followed the decorative styles that were fashionable in Yemen and Oman.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cities along North Africa's north coast, like Alexandria, have had extensive trade with Italy for thousands of years, influencing both regions north and south of the Mediterranean. Some parts, like Tunisia, have had an important Italian minority since ancient times, and a great influx of Italians in the mid-19th century.</p><p>It is in these cities, from Egypt to Morocco, that you see a fashion for a European-North African Moorish mix, particularly from the mid-19th century onward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 654785, member: 2844"]I see no reason why this couldn't be European influenced Egyptian. It was probably made before the Italian occupation of Lybia (1911). The type of inlay is North African Moorish, with that much bone and inlaid wood. East Africa followed the decorative styles that were fashionable in Yemen and Oman. The cities along North Africa's north coast, like Alexandria, have had extensive trade with Italy for thousands of years, influencing both regions north and south of the Mediterranean. Some parts, like Tunisia, have had an important Italian minority since ancient times, and a great influx of Italians in the mid-19th century. It is in these cities, from Egypt to Morocco, that you see a fashion for a European-North African Moorish mix, particularly from the mid-19th century onward.[/QUOTE]
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