Hair Ornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Berber – Morocco

Mid 20th century – Tribal metal, paint. Gr 126,2 (4.45 oz.); cm. 7,5 high x cm. 3,4 width (2.95″ x 1.33″). 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 of “Splendeurs du Maroc”, Africa Museum Tervuren;
• p. 21 of “A World of Head Adornment: Africa, Asia, Oceania, America”, by Anne van Cutsem

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