Sunduk. Aït Ouaouzguite Painted Wooden Chest (Siroua).

An old wooden footed chest from the Siroua region in Southerneast Morocco. Its shows a rich and nice painted decoration which if very characteristic from the Berber group of the Aït Ouaouzguite. This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery.