Mid 20th century. Aluminium gr. 345,9 (12.20 oz.); cm. 13,5 x cm. 11,0 high (5.31" x 4.33"). The central talisman is cm. 4,5 width x cm. 6,8 high (1.77" x 2.67"). 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...
Early to mid 20th century. Silver. Gr. 59,3 (2.09 oz); diameter cm. 7,5 (2.95"); inner diameter cm. 6,4 (2.51"). 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...
Braided leather,iron bells. Approx. cm. 27,0 long x cm. 7,0 high (10.62" x 2.75"); gr. 396,1 (13.97 oz.) The Hamar, principally pastoralists, are the most readily identifiable of all the peoples of the South Omo. Women wear an elaborately decorated goatskin, often colored with beads and cowries. Beadede necklaces, bracelets...
20th century. Cm. 15,5 high x 10,7 width (6.10" x 4.21"); inner diameter cm. 9,0 (3.54"). Gr. 277,0 (9.77 oz.). These talismans are created using the old tradition of the “lost wax” process. Each piece is original and unique as the mold is destroyed after each casting. For more information and similar...
20th century. Copper. Cm. 7,5 high (2.95”) x cm. 9,3 width (3.66"). Gr. 271,0 (9.55 oz.). Used especially as dowry money, it was worn by the women during ritual dances and lay festivities. 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...
Mid 20th century. Alluminium gr. 488,0 (17.21 oz.); cm. 11,3 width (4.44") , cm. 11,0 high (4.33"). The central talisman is cm. 7,2 width (2.83") x cm. 7,0 high (2.75"). 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...
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 14,3 high (5.62”) x cm. 15,0 width (5.90"). Gr. 923,5 (32.57 oz.). These sculptural armlets were used as currency. The Kenga are part of the Guera-Naba of Chad people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Chad. For a similar example see page 69 of "A...
Early 20th century. Tribal metal. Gr. 552,4 (19.48 oz.); diameter cm. 7,8 (3.07″), 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” are the...
The piece is 12,0 width x 15,0 high (4.72″ x 5.90″). Gr. 475,3 (16.76 oz.). This massive ornate copper-alloy (bronze or brass) bracelet is a form of currency found among the Bamum (Bamun) people of Cameroon. Though often identified as a currency type it also served as a prestige object available...
Early to mid 20th century. Silver, enamel. Gr. 241,6 (8.52 oz.); diameter cm. 10,3 (4.05″), inner diameter cm. 6,3 (2.48″). For similar examples, see: p. 23 of “A World of Bracelets”, by Anne van Cutsem; p. 285 of “Splendeurs du Maroc”, Africa Museum Tervuren; The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples...
