Post Date: 24 July 2013
Hair Ornaments – Ait Akka – Berber – MoroccoHair Ornaments – Ait Akka – Berber – Morocco
Mid 20th century – Tribal metal. Gr 130,5; cm. 8,3 high x cm. 3,5 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 language, Amazigh (plural Imazighen, “free men”) are the indigenous inhabitants of North Africa.
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