Berber Frontal Parure – MauritaniaBerber Frontal Parure – Mauritania

Leather, old glass beads, agate. Approx. cm. 14,5 width (5.70 Inches) x cm. 5,5 high (2.16 Inches).

Before performing the dance of seduction (guedra), mauritanian women wear a frontal parure embellished with different amulets.

You can see a similar piece on page 28 of “A World of Head Adornment: Africa, Asia, Oceania, America” by Anne Van Cutsem.