Tripolil Museum

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The National Museum

Tripoli, Libya

Ethnographic Exhibits

 

nomadic men of Libya
(often called "Berbers" or "Bedouin")

 

 

female costumes

 

life inside the tent

 

outside work

 

weaving carpets

 

man meets his bride

 

decorated palm slab door

 

interior of house (Ghadames)

 

wall decoration

Photos from "old town" Ghadames

 

"blue man"
a veiled Tuareg man with an Indigo dyed head scarf
(the dye from the head scarf makes the face skin look blue)

 

 

men gathered in the house during the Turkish period

 

Turkish period decoration

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