[JEWISH HEADDRESS - ALGERIA] "SARMA Headdress worn by women in Algiers, openwork and decorated with arabesques. Complete with all four parts. In low-title silver ("ET" hallmark). Algiers, 19th century. Heights: 30 cm; 18 cm; 8.5 cm (2) Damage and missing parts. The Sarma is the ancient female headdress of Algiers. In 1732, Thomas Shaw observed that the Sarma distinguishes "persons of a certain rank" and that it "consists of several thin and flexible plates of gold or silver, variously engraved, and cut like lace". Keywords: judaica, jew, jewish, hebrew, rabbis, jewish, torah, hebrew, hebraica, judaism, synagogue, zionism, pessah, pessach, haggada, haggadah, hagada, hagadah, passover, menora, menorah, hannuka, hannuca, hannucca, hanouccah, torah, juden, israélite, Israël, antisemitism, antisémitisme, dreyfus, meguila, sepharade, sefarad, ketouba