Berber Boots – Ida Ou Nadif Tribe, Morocco

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Berber Boots – Ida Ou Nadif Tribe, Morocco

Mid 20th century or earlier. Leather, silk. Cm. 25,5 long (10.03”) x cm. 10,6 width (4.17”) x cm. 24,5 high (9.64″).

Beautiful boots from Ida Ou Nadif tribe. You can see a similar piece on page 207 of “Splendeurs du Maroc” – Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale – Tervuren 1998.

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. The name Berber appeared for the first time after the end of the Roman Empire. Many Berbers call themselves some variant of the word imazighen (singular: Amazigh), possibly meaning “free people” or “free and noble men”. Today, most Berber-speaking people live in Morocco and Algeria.

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