Textiles

A handmade artisan Berber flatwoven saddlebag or -tagararth-. Woven in wool it combines a traditional stripe background made of cream and brown colour natural undyed wool with beautiful Berber tribal decoration in livelier colors and cotton. The motifs show female and masculine symbols as usual in Berber textiles. A superb ethnographic textiles piece.    

A just precious and simple old woolen -Handira- handmade with natural dyes from the High Atlas. Berber women use the -Handiras- as a shawl over shoulders and tied up on their chests. In this way, the coat also covers their little ones when they are carried on their backs and allows them to continue doing work around the house or in the fields. The different designs and colors of these beautiful hand-woven pieces show the family or tribal origin of the woman who wears it. Pure tradition and beauty you can easily use.

A just precious and simple old woolen -Handira- handmade with natural dyes from the High Atlas. Berber women use the -Handiras- as a shawl over shoulders and tied up on their chests. In this way, the coat also covers their little ones when they are carried on their backs and allows them to continue doing work around the house or in the fields. The different designs and colors of these beautiful hand-woven pieces show the family or tribal origin of the woman who wears it. Pure tradition and beauty you can easily use.

A beautiful woman's shawl, cape or -handira- showing the arrangement of stripes and colours of the Berber group of the Aït Haddidou, in the Moroccan High Atlas. Handwoven wool. Natural dyes. It is used not only in festive gatherings but also daily as a garment to withstand the freezing winter temperatures in the Atlas. It is fastened with textile straps or with fibulae. If the woman is married then she would also combine it with a very distinctive pointed headgear.

A nice woman's vintage shawl, cape or -handira- from the Berber group of the Beni or Aït Ouaraïn in the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. It combines handwoven natural undyed wool and cotton with natural dyes. It features the very distinctive striped decoration used in this kind of garments and group. Fringed and with two straps to knot it round the chest. Lovey cream and camel colors. The Beni Ouaraïn are a confederation formed by about seventeen Berber groups inhabiting primarily the northeastern part of the Moroccan Middle Atlas mountain range. Among those tribes they may be cited the Aït Jelidassen, the Zerarda, the Aït Assou, the Ahl Telt, the Beni bou Zart or the Imrilen. The quality of the Beni Ouaraïn textiles has been acknowledged admired since long and to that have contributed the dexterity of their mainly women artisan weavers.

A fantastic cotton fabric dyed with natural indigo by the method of reserve, batik or madiba. Dogon women would use it as a skirt or shawl. It is made of cotton strips or bands handwoven on the traditional narrow and hanging looms. Subsequently, these bands are sewn together and are dyed achieving spectacular designs that are full of meaning for the local culture. Against the evil eye, good luck, fertility, good harvest, rain, etc.

This is an authentic tribal garment which has been used in a rural environment so it may show imperfections and remarkable signs of wear. Although, from our point of view this doesn’t alter its beauty at all, but we recommend taking this in mind when deciding your purchase. Likewise having been dyed with natural indigo it must be washed by hand, limiting the time in contact with water to the minimum essential and taking care that during drying the piece is well extended.

Bogolan textiles are amongst the most interesting textiles from Western Africa. Their amazingly avant-garde design should not make us think that we are in front of a recent evolution of African art but we are rather facing an ancient craft. The name would come from the Bambara language and linked to the use quite often of mud in the process of making. The variety of designs is almost endless. It is made from narrow strips of cotton woven by dexterous artisans, which are then sewn together to make larger pieces of cloth. Those are then dyed and decorated in a serie of different stages using natural substances. True pieces of tribal art not to be missed.  

Bogolan textiles are amongst the most interesting textiles from Western Africa. Their amazingly avant-garde design should not make us think that we are in front of a recent evolution of African art but we are rather facing an ancient craft. The name would come from the Bambara language and linked to the use quite often of mud in the process of making. The variety of designs is almost endless. It is made from narrow strips of cotton woven by dexterous artisans, which are then sewn together to make larger pieces of cloth. Those are then dyed and decorated in a serie of different stages using natural substances. True pieces of tribal art not to be missed.  

Bogolan textiles are amongst the most interesting textiles from Western Africa. Their amazingly avant-garde design should not make us think that we are in front of a recent evolution of African art but we are rather facing an ancient craft. The name would come from the Bambara language and linked to the use quite often of mud in the process of making. The variety of designs is almost endless. It is made from narrow strips of cotton woven by dexterous artisans, which are then sewn together to make larger pieces of cloth. Those are then dyed and decorated in a serie of different stages using natural substances. True pieces of tribal art not to be missed.  

Bogolan textiles are amongst the most interesting textiles from Western Africa. Their amazingly avant-garde design should not make us think that we are in front of a recent evolution of African art but we are rather facing an ancient craft. The name would come from the Bambara language and linked to the use quite often of mud in the process of making. The variety of designs is almost endless. It is made from narrow strips of cotton woven by dexterous artisans, which are then sewn together to make larger pieces of cloth. Those are then dyed and decorated in a serie of different stages using natural substances. True pieces of tribal art not to be missed.  

Bogolan textiles are amongst the most interesting textiles from Western Africa. Their amazingly avant-garde design should not make us think that we are in front of a recent evolution of African art but we are rather facing an ancient craft. The name would come from the Bambara language and linked to the use quite often of mud in the process of making. The variety of designs is almost endless. It is made from narrow strips of cotton woven by dexterous artisans, which are then sewn together to make larger pieces of cloth. Those are then dyed and decorated in a serie of different stages using natural substances. True pieces of tribal art not to be missed.  

Bogolan textiles are amongst the most interesting textiles from Western Africa. Their amazingly avant-garde design should not make us think that we are in front of a recent evolution of African art but we are rather facing an ancient craft. The name would come from the Bambara language and linked to the use quite often of mud in the process of making. The variety of designs is almost endless. It is made from narrow strips of cotton woven by dexterous artisans, which are then sewn together to make larger pieces of cloth. Those are then dyed and decorated in a serie of different stages using natural substances. True pieces of tribal art not to be missed.  

A cushion from the Berber tribe of the Zaïan. The group of the Zaïan inhabits areas of the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. Their textiles are well-known for their quality and design and the richness of their palette. Hand flatwoven -hanbel- in wool and cotton. Beautiful and very decorative.

Filling not include.

A cushion from the Berber tribe of the Zaïan. The group of the Zaïan inhabits areas of the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. Their textiles are well-known for their quality and design and the richness of their palette. Hand flatwoven -hanbel- in wool and cotton. Beautiful and very decorative.

Filling not include.

A cushion from the Berber tribe of the Zaïan. The group of the Zaïan inhabits areas of the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. Their textiles are well-known for their quality and design and the richness of their palette. Hand flatwoven -hanbel- in wool and cotton. Beautiful and very decorative.

Filling not include.

A cushion from the Berber tribe of the Zaïan. The group of the Zaïan inhabits areas of the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. Their textiles are well-known for their quality and design and the richness of their palette. Hand flatwoven -hanbel- in wool and cotton. Beautiful and very decorative.

Filling not include.

A cushion from the Berber tribe of the Zaïan. The group of the Zaïan inhabits areas of the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. Their textiles are well-known for their quality and design and the richness of their palette. Hand flatwoven -hanbel- in wool and cotton. Beautiful and very decorative.

Filling not include.

A cushion from the Berber tribe of the Zemmour. The group of the Zemmour inhabits areas of the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. Their textiles are well-known for their quality and design and the richness of their palette. Hand flatwoven -hanbel- in wool and cotton. Beautiful and very decorative.

Filling not include.

A cushion from the Berber tribe of the Zaïan. The group of the Zaïan inhabits areas of the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. Their textiles are well-known for their quality and design and the richness of their palette. Hand flatwoven -hanbel- in wool and cotton. Beautiful and very decorative.

Filling not include.

A cushion from the Berber tribe of the Zaïan. The group of the Zaïan inhabits areas of the Middle Atlas mountain range in Morocco. Their textiles are well-known for their quality and design and the richness of their palette. Hand flatwoven -hanbel- in wool and cotton. Beautiful and very decorative.

Filling not include.

Moroccan Handwoven  cushion from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

Filling not included.

Moroccan Handwoven  cushion from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

Filling not included.

Moroccan Handwoven  cushion from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

Filling not included.

Moroccan Handwoven  cushion from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

Filling not included.

Moroccan Handwoven  cushion from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

Filling not included.

Moroccan Handwoven Rug from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

Moroccan Handwoven Rug from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

Moroccan Handwoven Rug from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

Moroccan Handwoven Rug from the silk of a cactus plant, called the Sabra Cactus, only found in Morocco. This material creates a silky texture and shiny colours.

A Mauritanian wowen reed mat from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It features a beautiful decoration made of strips of leather forming geometrical patterns. They are commonly used as screens, as a dividers or as a mats. Very decorative.

A Mauritanian wowen reed mat from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It features a beautiful decoration made of strips of leather forming geometrical patterns. They are commonly used as screens, as a dividers or as a mats. Very decorative.

A Mauritanian wowen reed mat from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It features a beautiful decoration made of strips of leather forming geometrical patterns. They are commonly used as screens, as a dividers or as a mats. Very decorative.

A Mauritanian wowen reed mat from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It features a beautiful decoration made of strips of leather forming geometrical patterns. They are commonly used as screens, as a dividers or as a mats. Very decorative.

A Mauritanian wowen reed mat from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It features a beautiful decoration made of strips of leather forming geometrical patterns. They are commonly used as screens, as a dividers or as a mats. Very decorative.

A Mauritanian wowen reed mat from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It features a beautiful decoration made of strips of leather forming geometrical patterns. They are commonly used as screens, as a dividers or as a mats. Very decorative.

A Mauritanian wowen reed mat from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It features a beautiful decoration made of strips of leather forming geometrical patterns. They are commonly used as screens, as a dividers or as a mats. Very decorative.