Howat-Maxted, Freja Sansour, Leila Norris, Jacob Camels laden with olive wood, c.1898-1914 <div>This is a digital reproduction of a black and white photographic print held in the Library of Congress.</div><div><br></div><div>The image is a photograph of camels transporting olive tree branches for use in the carving of devotional objects and Holy Land souvenirs. Bethlehem has been known for its olive wood carving for centuries. Along with mother-of-pearl, olive wood devotional objects formed the basis for the emigration explosion out of the town in the 19th and early 20th centuries when Bethlehem merchants began to sell the goods around the world. <br></div><div><br></div><div>This image exists as part of the Bethlehem Crafts collection in the Planet Bethlehem Archive. </div> Olive wood carving;Bethlehem Crafts collection;Bethlehem camels;Middle Eastern and African History;Middle Eastern and North African history 2019-05-31
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