Double Pair Berber Bracelets – ASBIA’ IQUORAIN – Ait Atta Tribe – Morocco

Early to mid 20th century. Tribal Metal gr. 2.095,0 (79,9 oz.). The bracelets with the tips are cm. 15,0 width x cm. 4,5 high (5.91″ x 1.77″); inner diameter cm. 6,7 (2.64″). The others bracelets are cm. 8,7 width x cm. 3,0 high (3.43″ x 1.18″); inner diameter cm. 6,6 (2.60″).

These bracelets, asbia’ iquorain, were originally worn by women of the Ait Atta tribe to defend themselves during raids

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.

For similar examples:

p. 21 of “A World of Bracelets”, by Anne Van Cutsem;

p. 262 of “Africa Adorned”, by Angela Fisher, Collins Harvill;

p. 129 of “Bijoux du Maroc”, by Jacques and Marie-Rose Rabaté, Edisud / Le Fennec.

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Weight5020 g