Berber Embroidered Headgear – Ait Atta Tribe – Oulad Driss, Mhamid, Morocco

Cotton, wool. Approx. cm. 190,0 high x 90,0 width (74.80” x 35.43”). Excellent conditions.

The Ait Atta are a large Berber tribal confederation of South eastern Morocco. They are divided into “five fifths” (khams khmas), all said to descend from the forty sons of their common ancestor Dadda Atta: these “fifths” are the Ait Ouallal, Ait Ouahlim, Ait Isfoul, Ait Yazza and Ait Ounbgi. They speak Central Atlas Tamazight. The Ait Atta originated as a political entity in the Jbel Saghro region in the 16th century with the founding of their traditional capital Igherm Amazdar.

Piece directly collected in Oulad Driss, Mhamid.