Head Adornement – Ait Atta Tribe – Morocco

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 of their common ancestor Dadda Atta: these “fifths” are the Ait Ouallal, Ait Ouahlim, Ait Isfoul, Ait Yazza and Ait Ounbgi. They speak Central Atlas Tamazight. The Ait Atta originated as a political entity in the Jbel Saghro region in the 16th century with the founding of their traditional capital Igherm Amazdar.

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