Mid 20th century. Cotton, glass beads, metal elements, coins, aluminium. Approx. cm. 55,0 high x cm. 24,0 width (21.65" x 9.44"). Grams 1.050,0 (37.03 oz). Very good conditions. The Akha (also called Egor) are an indigenous hill tribe who live in small villages at higher elevations in the mountains of Thailand, Burma, Laos, and...
Mid 20th century. Old Boghdad (metal), old glass beads gr. 213,1 (7.51 oz.); approx. cm 18,0 width x cm. 15,0 high (7.08" x 5.90"). 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...
Early to mid 20th century – Tribal metal, glass beads; gr 68,7 (2.42 oz.); cm. 23,0 high x cm. 2,9 width (9.05" x 1.14"). The jebala people inhabit the plains from the city of Targuist to the west, in contrast with the Riff people inhabiting the plains from Targuist to the east. The history...
Mid 20th century. Silver, glass, enamel. Each temporal piece is cm. 15,2 high x cm. 10,0 width (5.98" x 3.93"); the chain is cm. 33,0 long (12.99"). gr. 155,5 (5.48 oz.). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths,...
Mid 20th century – Tribal metal, paint; gr 197,7 (6.97 oz.); cm. 8,5 high x cm. 4,0 width (3.34″ x 1.57″). Old berber hair ornaments from Ait Akka Tribe. Exquisite work. For similar examples see: p. 181 of “Bijoux du Maroc”, by Jacques and Marie-Rose Rabaté, Edisud / Le Fennec; p. 283...
Mid 20th Century. Tribal metal, silver coins (n. 6 pieces 1/2 Dirham Morocco – AH 1312 / AD 1894), metal coins (n. 6 pieces 10 francs Empire Cheriffien - AH 1366 / AD 1946), glass, paint. The piece is approx. cm. 40,0 high x cm. 38,0 width (15.74″ x 14.96″). The central...
Mid 20th century. Pair silver rings (the pair at the end of the piece), pair metal boghdad crosses, pair metal beads, shells (tafoun), carnelian rings, glass beads, braided leather. Approx. cm. 68,0 high (26.77"); gr. 204,5 (7.21 oz.). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples...
Early to mid 20th Century. Wool, 9 silver coins. The large central coin is 1 Rial / 10 Dirham Morocco – AH 1299 AD 1881; the oother cois are Spanish Dollar (n. 3 Philip VII od Spain - 1821; n. 3 Charles IV of Spain - 1806; n. 1 Charles...
Early 20th century – Silver, niello decorations gr 235,1 (8.29 oz); cm. 21,0 high (8.26”) x cm. 7,2 width (2.83”). These pieces are talismans of fertility and represent the nine moons of human gestation. The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their...
Leather, beer bottle caps. Approx. cm. 37,0 high x cm. 33,0 width. The Dassanech are the most southerly tribe living in Ethiopia's Omo valley. The lands of the Dassanech are semi-arid and they live where the Omo delta enters Lake Turkana. Their name means People of the Delta. Despite the lake...
