Nearly two and a half decades have gone into collecting both the ancient and recent folk art of the nomads, while engaging in exchanges with Bedouin women of the Negev and the Tarabin tribe of the Sinai Peninsula. Anne Karren Gitlis knows the origin and history of every bead and coin. The combination of land, history, people and her own experience lends itself to the final product. It is therefore not surprising that a considerable number of her necklaces and earrings have found their way into museums and homes of private collectors
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