14 large carved shells (tafoun), coral beads, old venetian murrine, old spanish silver coins, old marroccan silver coins, 2 small spanish and USA coins, silver, agate, carnelian and glass beads. Whitout the strips, approx. cm. 31,0 width x cm. 12,0 high (7.48″ x 2.56″); gr. 460,4 (4.51 oz.). Before performing the...
Mid 20th century. Silver gr. 59,2 (2.10 oz.); cm. 6,7 width x cm. 6,3 high (2.63" x 2.48"); inner diameter cm 6,5 (2.55"). The central talisman is cm. 3,0 x cm 3,2 (1.18" x 1.25"). The Guedra is a ritual dance of love, performed by women for benefit of men. It is a ballet of hands and feet: sometimes the dancer stands, but more often...
Ebony beads silver inlaid, agate and carnelian beads. Cm 31,5 in length (12.40"); gr. 41,3 (1.46 oz.). Beads diameter approx cm. 0,8 (0.31"). The chaplet is worn as necklace or as bracelet, but it's also instrument of prayer, similar to the rosary. Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the...
Ebony beads inlaid silver, carnelian, old glass beads, cotton. The chaplet is worn as necklace or as bracelet, but it’s also instrument of prayer, similar to the rosary. Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from the...
Silver beads, carnelian, agate, glass beads, silk, cotton. Cm 50,0 in length (19.68") ; gr. 174,5 (6.15 oz.). The chaplet is worn as necklace or as bracelet, but it's also instrument of prayer, similar to the rosary. Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis...
Mid 20th century. Shells (tafoun), agate, carnelian and glass beads. Old boghdad cross (gilden copper). Approx. cm. 19,0 width x cm. 6,5 high (7.48" x 2.56"); gr. 127,8 (4.51 oz.). Before performing the dance of seduction (guedra), mauritanian women wear a parure embellished with different amulets. You can see a similar piece on: page 28-29...
