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Unique handmade Tuareg snake skin handbag from Algeria
Women's clothing size
Size | XS | S | M | L |
---|---|---|---|---|
Euro | 32/34 | 36 | 38 | 40 |
USA | 0/2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
Bust(in) | 31-32 | 33 | 34 | 36 |
Bust(cm) | 80.5-82.5 | 84.5 | 87 | 92 |
Waist(in) | 24-25 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
Waist(cm) | 62.5-64.5 | 66.5 | 69 | 74 |
Hips(in) | 34-35 | 36 | 37 | 39 |
Hips(cm) | 87.5-89.5 | 91.5 | 94 | 99 |
With your arms relaxed at your sides, measure around the fullest part of your chest.
Measure around the narrowest part of your natural waist, generally around the belly button. To ensure a comfortable fit, keep one finger between the measuring tape and your body.
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Product: This is a Unique handmade Tuareg snake skin handbag from Algeria. It is made with a real snakeskin. If you were scared of snakes, this bag is not for you. Please note that the Tuareg people live off the animals they find in the Sahara desert. They eat the meat and use the skins to had make products to sell to make some tiny money for survival.
Size: 260mm long x 160mm wide
Material: Pure and genuine Algerian snakeskin leather
Shipped to: Sydney, perth, melbourne, adelaide, brisbane, darwin, all regions of Australia and worldwide.
Number of Pockets: 3 in total
Leatherworking
The leather work represents an art in the Berber culture of North Africa especially for the Tuaregs. Animals are bred for food, clothes, bags, saddles, and water bags, rugs, shoes, wallets and many other items used in their everyday lives. Everything is done by hand. Sometimes you noticed some imperfections with the items, that is because no machines were used. Sometimes products are slightly different than what you see on the pictures, and that is for the same reason. Please let us know if you don't agree with that.
The leather for its flexibility and resistance is used for making a multitude of objects in Algeria (horse saddles, slippers, cushions, handbags, etc. ...). The most active centres are the highlands, the Hoggar and the Mzab. Big cities like Tlemcen, Constantine retained the expertise of artisan tannery (debbaghines), but now this knowledge is lost faced with competition from Europe.
The craft of Tuareg in this area presents originalities such as taghallabt, an object shaped wallet or aghreg, which is a travel bag. The leather of the region comes from goats or camels. It is coloured with copper oxide giving it green hues and decorated with symbols of the Tifinagh inspired alphabet.
In Kabylia, sheepskins and goatskins are also sometimes transformed to make bags and travel bags without decoration.Currently the Algerian leather sector is in crisis and needs rehabilitation due to globalization and severe competition (Inspiration from Wikipedia.org)
By: Sonja - Slovakia
2016-10-10 11:39:22
Dear Hacéne, got my two custom made Southern Crosses. They are absolutely marvellous, great work of your jeweller. Quick manufacturing, reasonable shipping rate and time, great communication. Recommended for everybody looking for handmate jewelry.
By: Mohamed Eldaly - USA
2012-01-07 19:29:08
Dear Hacene, I received the bornous and it s more beautiful than in the photos. My fiancee loves it and it fits perfectly. Thank you for pursuing it until delivery and I will be in touch with you soon for other items I will be purchasing. Mohamed Eldaly
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By: Heather Thompson - Sydney
2020-05-15 03:15:01
I had fantastic service from Hacene. My questions were answered very quickly and I received my purchase hand delivered to my door less than 24 hours after ordering. The product is beautiful I wish I had bought two. I will definitely shop with them again.
By: Chantal - Australia
2007-01-28 19:30:00
Overall your web site is really interesting. I found the products you offer intriguing and your range is a variety of georgous things that any one would love to have. It is becoming a rare thing these days to be able to have handmade products in your home and as jewellery for that matter. Uniqueness usually comes at a high price but I am surprised to learn that your prices are very affordable. The only suggestions I could make are merely minor details and probably not so important such as the percentage figures on the sale discounts are rather small and don't really stand out, you might want to try enlarging those to be more visible to the naked eye. Other than that the site offers history, knowledge and basically good product.. so congratulations!
By: Simone Jolly - Australia
2006-10-30 10:11:35
This is a very exciting website! I like being able to see decent sized pictures of the products, and a brief history and explanation of the items is also very interesting and effective. Im very excited at the opprotunity to purchase such exotic and beautiful items so easily! Gotta love the internet for that right! Im looking forward to seeing the pottery and rugs too - cant wait for that! Keep up the good work, and I hope your goal is achieved - to familiarise australians with this mystical culture and it's beauty. Well done!
By: Maria Mendes - Portugal
2009-06-23 19:30:00
Hello Hacene Recently I orderd some coral jewllery that arrived in good condition, and now I have just sent more funds for some produts more. I hope they arrive in good condition ( this time it includes pottery that is fragile...)<br> I love your handcrafts<br> Best regards<br> Maria Mendes