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Handmade leather Berber Backpack or handbag from Algeria - Brown and Black
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 Handmade leather Berber Backpack or handbag from Algeria - Brown and Black that you can easily match with your clothes. It is decorated with Berber patterns on all faces including the bottom.
Size: 240mm long x 160mm wide
Material: Pure and genuine Algerian leather. The colour and patterns could be slightly different.
Shipped to: Sydney, perth, melbourne, adelaide, brisbane, darwin, all regions of Australia and worldwide.
Number of Pockets: 1
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: 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!
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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: Jenna - Philippines
2011-06-30 01:31:57
Great service and fantastic product - personally delivered the following day.
By: Trevor Glasson - Australia
2010-11-18 19:30:00
My order ("Safi Platter") arrived safely this morning. I have posted a cheque for $36.71 (the difference between the original delivery $17.29 and the $54 (your cost). Thank you very much for your assistance.
By: Ahcene Mariche - Algérie
2009-04-15 19:30:00
tanemirt stussda ayatma a les ambassadeurs nnegh di l australy. leqder nnwen d ameqran. l'hsitoire en parlezra un jour et on est deja temoin de tout ce que vous faites. ahcene mariche qui vous suis de loin et promet de vous envoyer bientot ces deux nouveaux recueils de poésie. ar tufat ayatma aken ihrez rebbi . idles nnegh mazal yahwadj agh poétqieument ahcene mariche tanemirt a toute l'équipe et spécialement à hacene baleh que j'ai eu l'honneur de rencontrer ici en algerie . mazal lkhir ar zdat ayatma Ahcene Mariche
By: Soummam - France
2008-01-04 19:30:00
Bonjour. Joli site et joli travail ce qui est encourageant pour notre culture merci d'ajouter mes liens sur votre site ,le votre sera mis sur mon annuaire thanmirth