Mashrabiyya Screen

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This turned lattice-work screen reveals a mashrabiyya-making technique, the maymoun, meaning "blessed." Other kinds of mashrabiyya-making techniques were also available, such as the salibi, or cross-shaped, technique.

Mashrabiyya Screen, Wood; turned

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