Three old Berber silver ornaments. Tafraoute.
Morocco
Lenght: 13 cm
Width: 8 cm
Weight: 44 grs.
MA1112-015
Three old Berber silver ornaments sourced in Tafraoute in the Western Anti Atlas in Southern Morocco. They all show niello and enamel decoration in green and yellow. One of them also features a red glass cabochon in its centre so that its protection power to the wearer is reinforced. Smaller nielloed pendants hang from the main plaques. These pieces would have been probably used as ornaments sewn onto a headband (taounza). Circa about mid-XXth century.
Three old Berber silver ornaments sourced in Tafraoute in the Western Anti Atlas in Southern Morocco. They all show niello and enamel decoration in green and yellow. One of them also features a red glass cabochon in its centre so that its protection power to the wearer is reinforced. Smaller nielloed pendants hang from the main plaques. These pieces would have been probably used as ornaments sewn onto a headband (taounza). Circa about mid-XXth century.