Portraits from Tunisia

A woman from Tunisia around 1899

Girl participating in henna ceremony, Djerba, 2006. Note how the traditional Berber silver jewelry is symplified in gold

Berber girl on a Tunis banknote

Tunisian mother and child, ca 1899. Note the large crescent-shaped fibula on her shoulder

Tunisian mother and child, ca. 1899

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