Old Berber Hair Adornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Silver and Enamel – North Morocco
Old Berber Hair Adornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Silver and Enamel – North Morocco
Old Berber Hair Adornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Silver and Enamel – North Morocco
Old Berber Hair Adornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Silver and Enamel – North Morocco
Old Berber Hair Adornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Silver and Enamel – North Morocco
Old Berber Hair Adornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Silver and Enamel – North Morocco
Old Berber Hair Adornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Silver and Enamel – North Morocco

Old Berber Hair Adornaments – Ait Akka Tribe – Silver and Enamel – North Morocco

Old Berber Frontal Parure – CHARWITA – Geulmim Region, South Morocco – RARE

450,00€

Early 20th century – silver with green and yellow enamel; 91.5 g (5.68 oz); 6.5 cm high × 2.6 cm wide (3.35″ × 1.46″).

Old Berber hair ornaments from the Ait Akka tribe. 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

The Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Siwa Oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Niger River. The name “Berber” first appeared after the fall of the Roman Empire. Many Berbers call themselves some variant of the word Imazighen (singular: Amazigh), possibly meaning “free people” or “free and noble men.” Today, most Berber-speaking people live in Morocco and Algeria.

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Weight300 g