Head Adornments

Tuareg Veil Weights – ASSROU N’ SWOUL – MaliTuareg Veil Weights – ASSROU N’ SWOUL – Mali

Geometric layers of brass, copper and ebony. Cm. 30,0 high x cm. 9,0 width; gr. 226,6. A genuine Tuareg veil weight known as ” assrou n’ swoul “, generally translated as ” the key which is thrown over the shoulder “. This elaborate key-like pendant is often worn by wealthier women as a counterweight to keep their...

Frontal Parure – MauritaniaFrontal Parure – Mauritania

  Mid 20th century. Agate, carnelian, shells, metal elements, glass beads on hair braids. Approx. cm. 17,5 width (6.88") x cm. 6,4 high (2.51"); gr. 37,7 (1.32 oz.). Before performing the dance of seduction (guedra), mauritanian women wear a frontal parure embellished with different amulets. Very interesting piece from an anthropological point of view. You can...

Turkoman Gilded Silver Headband – Central Asia

Late 19th - early 20th century. Gilded Silver, 3 carnelian eye-shaped beads. Cm. 12,0 high x cm. 19,0 wide (4.72" x 7.48"). Gr. 84,4 (2.97 oz.). The Turkmen were pastoral nomads who lived in encampments, raised livestock, bred horses. In order to ensure year-round green pastures for their animals, the tribes...

Hair Ornaments – Ait Akka – Berber – MoroccoHair Ornaments – Ait Akka – Berber – Morocco

Mid 20th century – Tribal metal. Gr 159,95; cm. 8,5 high x cm. 3,7 width. Antique 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. The Berbers, or, in their own...

Hair Ornaments – Ait Akka – Berber – MoroccoHair Ornaments – Ait Akka – Berber – Morocco

Mid 20th century - Tribal metal, paint. Gr 192,75 (6.79 oz); cm. 8,0 high (3.14”) x cm. 4,3 width (1.69”) Antique 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. The Berbers, or,...

Head Adornments – MauritaniaHead Adornments – Mauritania

Mid 20th century. Shells (tafoun), agate and carnelian rings (khourb) on leather. Approx. cm. 64,0 long (25.19 Inches). Before performing the dance of seduction (guedra), mauritanian women wear a parure embellished with different amulets. Very interesting piece from an anthropological point of view. You can see a similar piece on page 28-29...