Photos from the 20th
 

In the 1920th a group of Dutch photographers visited the Holy Land and took photos of various aspects of life. The photos were taken on glass plates and hand painted afterward.
A special exhibition of these photos "Pictures from the Bible Land" will be opened in the Eretz Israel (The land of Israel) Museum, Tel Aviv in November 2011. Some very interesting photos includes weapon carried that time. Two for example are shown below: The first one titled: “A young Bedouin” Shows a man wearing a dagger of the Shibrya style. The second photo, titled “The coffee drinkers” shows a group of man, armed with daggers, the Shibrya style and a Syrian influenced one. One of the man is holding a Syrian Shamshir.
The photos are also gathered in a book: In the Footsteps of Abraham, The Holy Land in Hand-painted Photographs . Hardiman, Richard and Speelman, Helen.

ITS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE OLD PICTURES FROM THE PAST AND HOW THE WEAPONS WERE WORN AS WELL AS HOW THE PEOPLE LIVED. THEY SEEM TO HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEVERAL DAGGERS IF THEY COULD AFFORD THEM.
I RECOGNIZE THE WATER PIPE BUT WHAT IS THE INTERESTING CHURN LIKE ITEM IN THE SECOND PICTURE?

Great pictures - good for research, thanks!

Vandoo, I assume you refer to the wood mortar also known as Jouran. It is used to mortar the coffee grains.

Beautiful
 

Beautiful images, thank you.

It always wonderful to see weapons in old photos and as seen here, in everyday context. The images seem very natural and less staged than many seen on say postcards of old.

Gav