Mashrabiyya Screen

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This frame once was part of a mashrabiyya, or wooden window screen, with its small openings through which the onlooker could see passersby without being seen or conduct a conversation with someone outside. In a mashrabiyya screen the small openings can take horseshoe or curved arch shape.

Mashrabiyya Screen, Wood; turned

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Mashrabiyya Screen, Wood; turned
Mashrabiyya Screen, Wood; turned

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