Antique Ceremonial Head Scarf

01707
Period
Circa 1930
Origin
Anti Atlas, Morocco
Materials
Wool
Status
Sold
Size
110 cm x 79 cm
3'7" x 2'7"

A very finely woven wool veil of a smaller format, sparsely embellished with touches of embroidery, used as a head cover in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdallah Berber people of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas region. The pattern is obtained with the resist-technique using henna pigments, which here impart a very elegant dark purple shade. Conserved on a black cotton backing and mounted on a wooden stretcher. A true work of minimalistic tribal art.

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