Early to mid 20th century. Tribal metal grams 468,4 (16.52 oz.); diameter cm. 8,0 (3.15″), inner diameter cm. 6,0 (2.36″). 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” […]
Bracelet n. 1: max diameter cm. 7,4; inner diameter cm. 5,9; grams 18,0 Bracelet n. 2: max diameter cm. 7,6; inner diameter cm. 6,2; grams 19,3 Wonderful pink patina. Former tuscan private collection (Grassi Family). Collected in Mali in 40′. Please share this content if you like it:
Bracelet n. 1: max diameter cm. 8,0; inner diameter cm. 6,8; grams 14,0 Bracelet n. 2: max diameter cm. 8,3; inner diameter cm. 7,5; grams 13,0 Wonderful pink patina. Former tuscan private collection (Grassi Family). Collected in Mali in 40′. Please share this content if you like it:
Mid 20th century. Hand wrought iron covered with a thin strip of leather. Diameter cm. 12,3 width (3.35″); grams 67,6 (0.61 oz.). Excellent conditions. Inserted on the wrist and covered with a thin strip of leather, it may look like an ornament, but once it is ready for use, it is better to be far away from […]
Engreved and colored PVC water pipe: Anklet 1: cm. 7,8 high – diameter cm. 8,1 – Grams 68,2; Anklet 2: cm. 7,4 high – diameter cm. 8,2 – Grams 81,5; Anklet 3: cm. 6,0 high – diameter cm. 8,1 – Grams 42,9. These ankles are exactly those worn by the girl in the photo. Muhacaona […]
Early to mid 20th century. Cm. 26,0 high x cm. 11,3 width (10.24″ x 4.45″); grams 384,3 (13.56″). The Gurunsi wear these bracelets as a sign of prosperity. Beautiful patina of use. Please share this content if you like it:
Mid 20th century. Aluminium, enamel. gr. 354,9 (12.52 oz.); cm. 9,7 width x cm. 9,0 high (3.82″ x 3.54″). The central talisman is cm. 6,0 x cm 5,8 (2.36″ x 2.28″). These anklets are worn by Moorish women during the dance of Guedra. The Guedra is a ritual dance of love, performed by women for benefit of men. It is a ballet of hands and feet: sometimes the dancer […]
Mid 20th century. Silver. Gr. 192,0 (6.77 oz.); diameter cm. 7,8 (3.07″), inner diameter cm. 6,0 (2.36″). For similar examples: “Spledeurs du Maroc”, Africa Museum, Tervuren (p. 329); “Africa Adorned”, by Angela Fisher (p. 220); “Bijoux du Maroc”, Jacques et Marie-Rose Rabaté (p. 191); “A Word of Bracelets”, by Anne van Cutsem, Skira (p. 34). […]
Mid 20th century. Silver, enamel. Grams 52,6 (1.86 oz.); diameter cm. 6,2 (2.44″), inner diameter cm. 5,6 (2.20″). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths. Legends and history span 9,000 years, back to the Proto-Mediterraneans. They have achieved unity by keeping up their […]
Early to mid 20th century. Silver, enamel gr. 65,6 (2.31 oz.); diameter cm. 7,2 (2.83″); inner diameter cm. 6,2 (2.44″). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended from the ancient Libyan people of the kingdom of the Garamantes, described by Herodotus. Tuareg are mostly nomads. For over two […]