An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . worn like the reesheh. In form it resembles the phasis of themoon when between two and three nights old ; its width beingsmall, and its outward edge not more than half a circle. The kamarah (or moon) is an ornament formed of a thin FEMALE ORNAMENTS. 523 plate of gold, embossed with fanciful work, and sometimes withArabic words, and having about seven little flat pieces of gold,called bark, attached to the lower part; or it is composed of. f AND 2. KAMARAHS. 3. sAkIYEH. 4. OOD ESSALEEB.
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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . worn like the reesheh. In form it resembles the phasis of themoon when between two and three nights old ; its width beingsmall, and its outward edge not more than half a circle. The kamarah (or moon) is an ornament formed of a thin FEMALE ORNAMENTS. 523 plate of gold, embossed with fanciful work, and sometimes withArabic words, and having about seven little flat pieces of gold, called bark, attached to the lower part; or it is composed of. f AND 2. KAMARAHS. 3. sAkIYEH. 4. OOD ESSALEEB. 5 AND 6, MI3HTS. 7. akeek. 8. Ui;LLOOR. Each, half the real size. gold with diamonds, rubies, etc. Two specimens of the formerkind are here represented. One of these consists of three $24 THE MODERN EGYPTIANS. kamarahs connected together, to be worn on the front of thehead-dress: the central contains the words Ya Kafee Ya Shafee(O Sufficient! O Restorer to health !): that on the left, YdHdfiz (O Preserver!): that on the right, Ya Emeen (OTrustworthy !): these, therefore, are charms as well as ornaments. The sakiyeh (or water-wheel), so called from its form, is acircular flat ornament of gold filigree-work, with small pearls, andwith a diamond or other precious stone in the centre, and barkand emeralds suspended from the lower part. It is worn in thesame manner as the kamarah, or with the latter ornament. The ood es-saleeb (or wood of the cross) is a kind ofornament undoubtedly borrowed from the Christians; and it issurprising that Mohamm