Objects
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Price €49.00MA0220-149
A nice and old berber decorated wood box traditionally used to store the rock sugar used to prepare the famous morocan tea. Superb patina.
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Price €65.00MA0220-148
Old small wood chest from Morocco. So worn by use and superb patina.
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Price €32.00MA0220-151
Simply superb berber old wooden mortarfrom Morocco with beautiful patina.
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Price €95.00MA0220-054
Wood is cherished in harsh enviroments such as the Sahel and the Sahara Desert. It is used in a number of utensils from bowls to camel saddles. A variety of poles is used in the tents -jaima- as mat supports, as hangers for bags, etc. They are often richly decorated and they may then turn into symbols of status. This particular piece is called -ame ssaqqab-. It is used inside the -jaima- and, four of them, are used to set a sort of litter on a camel. Original repairs. Attractive patina, beatifully carved and minutely engraved.
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Price €95.00MA0220-053
Wood is cherished in harsh enviroments such as the Sahel and the Sahara Desert. It is used in a number of utensils from bowls to camel saddles. A variety of poles is used in the tents -jaima- as mat supports, as hangers for bags, etc. They are often richly decorated and they may then turn into symbols of status. This particular piece is called -ame ssaqqab-. It is used inside the -jaima- and, four of them, are used to set a sort of litter on a camel. Original repairs. Attractive patina, beatifully carved and minutely engraved.
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Price €95.00MA0220-052
Wood is cherished in harsh enviroments such as the Sahel and the Sahara Desert. It is used in a number of utensils from bowls to camel saddles. A variety of poles is used in the tents -jaima- as mat supports, as hangers for bags, etc. They are often richly decorated and they may then turn into symbols of status. This particular piece is called -ame ssaqqab-. It is used inside the -jaima- and, four of them, are used to set a sort of litter on a camel. Original repairs. Attractive patina, beatifully carved and minutely engraved.
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Price €90.00MA0419-071
A superb rug comb locally referred as -Tashka- featuring beautiful berber engraving motifs on iron with wooden handle. Used for tightening the plot as the rug is hand-woven, each woman weaver had her own passed from mothers to daughter.
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Price €54.00MA0220-132
A lovely handwoven artisan tray or dish made of vegetal fiber or pith in the Moroccan region of Guercif. It features a truly wonderful design of natural dye colour. Very decorative and, on top of that, full of uses.
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Price €54.00MA0220-133
A lovely handwoven artisan tray or dish made of vegetal fiber or pith in the Moroccan region of Guercif. It features a truly wonderful design of natural dye colour. Very decorative and, on top of that, full of uses.
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Price €54.00MA0220-134
A lovely handwoven artisan tray or dish made of vegetal fiber or pith in the Moroccan region of Guercif. It features a truly wonderful design of natural dye colour. Very decorative and, on top of that, full of uses.
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Price €54.00MA0220-135
A lovely handwoven artisan tray or dish made of vegetal fiber or pith in the Moroccan region of Guercif. It features a truly wonderful design of natural dye colour. Very decorative and, on top of that, full of uses.
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Price €54.00MA0220-140
A lovely handwoven artisan tray or dish made of vegetal fiber or pith in the Moroccan region of Guercif. It features a truly wonderful design of natural dye colour. Very decorative and, on top of that, full of uses.
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Price €54.00MA0220-141
A lovely handwoven artisan tray or dish made of vegetal fiber or pith in the Moroccan region of Guercif. It features a truly wonderful design of natural dye colour. Very decorative and, on top of that, full of uses.
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Price €54.00MA0220-143
A lovely handwoven artisan tray or dish made of vegetal fiber or pith in the Moroccan region of Guercif. It features a truly wonderful design of natural dye colour. Very decorative and, on top of that, full of uses.
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Price €54.00MA0220-145
A lovely handwoven artisan tray or dish made of vegetal fiber or pith in the Moroccan region of Guercif. It features a truly wonderful design of natural dye colour. Very decorative and, on top of that, full of uses.
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Price €75.00MA0220-146
A charming lidded basket made of woven straw from the city of Guercif in Morocco. Great decoration in red and green. A sample of the richness of Moroccan crafts and of the skill of its basket makers. As versatile as you want it to be.
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Price €120.00MA0220-407
Zimbabwe vegetal fiber woven dish. Tonga women weave these fabulous baskets on palm leaves using natural dyes to make up these amazing designs. They are used to separate the grain from the chaff. Tonga baskets are very decorative hanging on walls or over the table.
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Price €64.00MA0419-065
A great old wooden milking bowl from the Mauritanian Sahara Desert. With metal handles. Great patina and most original shape. It would have been used as a milking bowl and a liquid container probably for soured milk, the basis of Tuareg diet.
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Price €64.00MA0419-234
An old and fabulous cedarwood box traditionally used for store the tea glasses, which are used to drink the famous moroccan tea. So worn by use and superb patina.
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Price €105.00MA0419-109
Simply superb big size old wooden mortar and pestle. They are used in the Sahel and vast areas in sub-Saharan Africa to grind the millet by rythmically beating it with the long wooden pestle. Beautiful patina. An outstanding ethnographic piece not to miss. Pestle measure 57 cm.
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Price €58.00MA0419-072
A beautiful raffia basket used to collect milked milk in the Moroccan region of Oujda. Delightful!
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Price €40.00MA0419-107
An old Berber raffia funnel from Morocco. It was probably used as a means to pour liquids into narrow neck containers such a gourds or bags -guerba- made from the hide of goats from the family's cattle. Delightful.
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Price €65.00MA0419-106
An old Berber wooden funnel from Morocco. It was probably used as a means to pour liquids into narrow neck containers such a gourds or bags -guerba- made from the hide of goats from the family's cattle. Superb patina.
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Price €75.00MA0419-104
An old Berber wooden funnel from Morocco. It was probably used as a means to pour liquids into narrow neck containers such a gourds or bags -guerba- made from the hide of goats from the family's cattle. Superb patina.
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Price €95.00MA0419-103
An old Berber wooden funnel from Morocco. It was probably used as a means to pour liquids into narrow neck containers such a gourds or bags -guerba- made from the hide of goats from the family's cattle. Superb patina.
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Price €28.00MA1016-279
An old Berber wooden funnel from Morocco. It was probably used as a means to pour liquids into narrow neck containers such a gourds or bags -guerba- made from the hide of goats from the family's cattle. Superb patina.
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Price €130.00MA0419-241
Simply superb big size old Mauritanian wooden mortar and pestle. They are used in the Sahel and vast areas in sub-Saharan Africa to grind the millet by rythmically beating it with the long wooden pestle. Sometimes two people do that by beating in turn the millet inside the mortar in a captivating cadence. Beautiful patina. An outstanding ethnographic piece not to miss. Pestle measure, 145 cm.
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Price €55.00MA1018-174
A superb old Tuareg wooden food bowl -tazawat-. It would have been used as a food and liquid container probably for soured milk, the basis of Tuareg diet. Its color and patina are great.
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Price €42.00MA1018-671
A lovely hand woven esparto grass basket from Morocco. As versatile as you want it to be. Very decorative.
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Price €52.00MA1018-225
A beautiful raffia basket used to collect milked milk in the Moroccan region of Oujda. Delightful!
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Price €65.00MA1018-177
A great old wooden milking bowl from the Mauritanian Sahara Desert. With metal handles. Great patina and most original shape. It would have been used as a milking bowl and a liquid container probably for soured milk, the basis of Tuareg diet.
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Price €55.00MA1018-183
An old and fabulous cedarwood box traditionally used for store the glasses which are used to prepare the famous moroccan tea. So worn by use and superb patina.
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Price €195.00MA1018-229
A beautiful great old Berber high footed large wooden dish from Morocco carved out from a single piece of wood. It shows a wonderful patina. A truly nice piece of Berber ethnography.
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Price €160.00MA1016-285
An old Tuareg litter from the Moroccan Sahara. It would be used as a litter on the back of the mount to stow the load and when on camp and turned over as a platform. The wooden legs feature the typical Tuareg engraved decoration. A very original piece with a superb patina which due to its unusual small size may have many decorative uses, like a little table with a glass.
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Price €39.00MA1016-037
A superb old Tuareg wooden food bowl -tazawat-. It would have been used as a food and liquid container probably for soured milk, the basis of Tuareg diet. It shows a simple yet most attractive typical Tuareg decoration. Its color and patina are great.
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Price €230.00MA0717-441
A superb old -sunduk-, sunduq-, travel or -camel- chest from Mauritania. Made of wood it features rusty iron fittings that make it atractive like an old piece. With key. It has small round handles to make it easier to carry and to secure it with straps to the mount. Rare to find nowadays.