"ALGERIE, TISSAGE DE TAPIS" Weaving Carpets, Algeria, Africa, Mediterranean Sea

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Algeria
is a country on the Mediterranean Sea, in the northwest area of Africa, bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, and to the southeast by Niger.  It is the tenth-largest country in the world and the largest in Africa.
Ancient Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Idrisid, Aghlabid, Rustamid, Fatimids, Zirid, Hammadids, Almoravids, Almohads, Spaniards, Ottomans and the French colonial empire.  Berbers are the indigenous inhabitants of Algeria.
Carpets in Algeria were traditionally were made by women, a skill past down from mother to daughters.  They were woven or knotted from wool or goat hair, and often formed the most important decorative element in a home.  In the late 19th century, traditional female crafts in Algeria, such as weaving, embroidery, and carpet making, suffered from the competition with machine-made imports, but beautiful handmade carpets still found a ready market in Algeria and abroad.  The women in the photograph could be Moors, a term that refers to people of mixed Arab and Berber descent who inhabit the coastal regions of northwestern Africa, including Algeria.
This card is in good condition with minor wear on the corners and edges.  The image is sepia which does not appear in the scan and is clean and clear as is the reverse. There is a warning on the reverse that, “Not all foreign countries accept writing on the front.”
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