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Tuesday, 16 September 2014 18:50

Siwa Oasis Embroidery (Egypt)

Detail of the embroidery on a black headdress and white wedding dress from the Siwa oasis, showing the traditional Siwa colours and the mother-of-pearl buttons, 1970's.

Siwa oasis embroidery is a distinctive form of decoration associated with the Siwa oasis, Egypt. Siwa is a major oasis (20 by 80 km) in the Western Desert of Egypt, which has been occupied since at least the first millennium BC. 

Published in (Pre-) Modern Middle East and North Africa
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