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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4391224, member: 5833&quot;]I&#039;m not saying she is Moorish either.&nbsp; But when you compare your whole figure with her &#039;third cousin&#039;, don&#039;t you see that the pose &amp; the clothes, other than color, are virtually identical?&nbsp; Do you really think they are not closely related?&nbsp; If these are hand carved, variations are to be expected.&nbsp; Presumably yours was made later, when blackamoors as decorative items were no longer socially acceptable.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are 2 questions that seem to keep being muddled here:</p><ul> <li>Where was the lamp made?</li> <li>What nationality/ethnicity does the figure represent.</li> </ul><p>I&#039;m leaning toward Italy &amp; nowhere in particular.&nbsp; Zingara.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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