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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2807594, member: 2844&quot;]He is stunning, kyra, made by a true artist.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Such great detail! </p><p>He reminds me of those Orientalist Bergman bronzes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think he is a Zouave, but a regular North African.</p><p>He isn&#039;t wearing a uniform. The front of his clothing, with that V-neckline, is too open for a Zouave uniform, and the folds at the back look like it could be part of the hood of a bournous.</p><p>The early Zouaves were Kabyle Berbers from northern Algeria, and this gentleman looks like he is from further south.</p><p>There was a group of North African soldiers, the Saphis, whose uniform included a bournous, but again, not a V-neckline. And as far as I know they wore turbans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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