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272 - B
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A cone-shaped headdress made of red velvet, covered with gol…
See original version (French)
272 - B
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A cone-shaped headdress made of red velvet, covered with gol…
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
A cone-shaped headdress made of red velvet, covered with gold thread embroidery on a cardboard base, complete with the strap by which it was fastened.
Algeria, 19th century.
Height: 15 cm
(Signs of wear and some damage.)
This headdress was worn as a distinctive symbol by Jewish women in Algeria.
General bibliography:
- Les Juifs d’Algérie. Images et textes. Ed du Scribe, Paris, 1987.
- Leyla Belkaïd, Algéroises. History of a Mediterranean Costume. Edisud, Aix-en-Provence, 1998.
A very similar headdress can be found in the collection of the mahJ, Paris, under inventory number: Inv. 91.12.023.
Keywords:
Judaica, Jew, Jewish, Hebrew, rabbis, Torah, Hebrew, Hebraica, Judaism, synagogue, Zionism, Passover, Haggadah, Passover, menorah, Hanukkah, Torah, Juden, Israelite, Israel, anti-Semitism, Dreyfus, Megillah, Sephardic, ketubah
See original version (French)
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