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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2316320, member: 2844"]Gorgeous, Nate, and yes, it is Libyan.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Thank you [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] for turning it the right way up, those birds were getting a headache hanging upside down. Animal cruelty, MrNate!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of those internet terms, there is no such thing as a Libyan Bedouin. The Bedou(in) are an originally nomadic people in Arabia. The romantic view of nomadic peoples' lives has captured the imagination of Western city dwellers for a long time, so the term sells.</p><p>This cuff has the mark of Tripoli, the capital of Libya, North Africa. Tripoli is a large and ancient city, no foreign nomads there.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The style is Berber with European influence. That influence is the result of trade and other international, uhm, interactions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2316320, member: 2844"]Gorgeous, Nate, and yes, it is Libyan.:) Thank you [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] for turning it the right way up, those birds were getting a headache hanging upside down. Animal cruelty, MrNate!:mad::hilarious: One of those internet terms, there is no such thing as a Libyan Bedouin. The Bedou(in) are an originally nomadic people in Arabia. The romantic view of nomadic peoples' lives has captured the imagination of Western city dwellers for a long time, so the term sells. This cuff has the mark of Tripoli, the capital of Libya, North Africa. Tripoli is a large and ancient city, no foreign nomads there.;) The style is Berber with European influence. That influence is the result of trade and other international, uhm, interactions.[/QUOTE]
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