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A.alnakkas · 15th August 2015, 03:38 PM

a lovely and complete example. The silverwork is very similar to Omani style, thus makes me lean towards the Zanzibar suggestion.

Gav, that photo seems very orientalist in style... makes you wonder if its not made up :-)

15th August 2015, 03:38 PM	#10
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,338	a lovely and complete example. The silverwork is very similar to Omani style, thus makes me lean towards the Zanzibar suggestion. Gav, that photo seems very orientalist in style... makes you wonder if its not made up :-)