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Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
81 in. (2.3 kg, 2.06 m).
A leather camel bag dyed in various colours and decorated with dense panels of tooled geometric or tribal motifs and rope-style handles; a magnificent two meter display piece. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Marrakech, 1999.
Ex property of a Manchester, UK, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
The Tuareg people organised trade routes through the Sahara to the northern coastal towns of Africa. They used camel leather painted with tribal motifs for the transportation of goods. This bag would have been used for many years to transport personal possessions such as clothes, drink and food across the Sahara, and possibly goods for trading.
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