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In this thread, I will show some pieces of jewelry that are worn by women in Morocco, in response to the quoted tweet tweet. https://twitter.com/3archDZ/status/1342504873137475585
Before starting the thread, the jewelry in the postage stamps are not Moroccan. Poste du Maroc are not always showing moroccan culture/history in their poststamps. Some examples of this are:
I - Fibulae
1- A pair of fibulae (20th century, tribe: Ida ou Ntif) (link: https://www.gros-delettrez.com/lot/22326/5016331)
2 - A pair of gold fibulae (link: https://www.morlaix-encheres.com/ventes-aux-encheres/ventes-artistiques/prestige-deuxieme-vacation/paire-de-fibules-maroc-travail)
3 - Three silver fibulae (19th century to early 20th century, tribe: High Atlas Tribes, Dades and Draa valley) (link: https://www.ader-paris.fr/lot/20781/4425369)
4 - A pair of fibulae (19th century) (link: https://www.artcurial.com/fr/lot-paire-de-grandes-fibules-maroc-19e-siecle-ma3903-137)
5 - A gold gemset fibula (18th century, group: jewish women, city: Tetouan and other northern cities) (link: https://www.mahj.org/fr/decouvrir-collections-betsalel/fibule-50426)
6 - A pair of silver fibulae (start of the 20th century, tribe: Chtouka tribes) (link: https://www.artcurial.com/fr/lot-paire-de-grandes-fibules-maroc-debut-20e-siecle-ma3903-138)
7 - A pair of gemset fibulae (19th century; city: Fez) (link: http://baroqueart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_B;44;fr)
8 - A pair of fibulae (19th–early 20th century) (link: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/453026)
9 - A pair of gemset gold fibulae (late 18th century, city: Fez) (link: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-pair-of-moroccan-gemset-gold-fibulae-5422209/)
look at these beautiful shit (<<n'ayant pas de culture d'artisanat propre a eux
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look at these beautiful shit (<<n'ayant pas de culture d'artisanat propre a eux>>)
10 - 1 - A pair of fibulae (19th century, tribe: Ait Hadiddou, region: High Atlas) (link: https://www.catawiki.com/l/19836839-old-pair-berber-fibulae-tizerzai-ait-hadiddou-high-atlas-morocco)
10 - 2 - The details
11 - Pectoral adornment with a pair of fibulae (19th century, tribe: Haha) (link: https://www.artcurial.com/fr/lot-parure-pectorale-paire-de-fibules-dites-du-belier-haha-maroc-fin-19e-siecle-ma3903-223)
12 - A pair of gemset gold fibulae (first half of 19th century, city: Tangier) (link: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-pair-of-moroccan-gemset-gold-fibulae-4892591/?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4892591)
Hot shit
Hot shit
13 - A pair of gemset gold fibulae (late 18th century, city: Fez) (link: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-pair-of-moroccan-gemset-gold-fibulae-4979785/?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4979785)
Gold all in my chain my chain....
Gold all in my chain my chain....
II - Necklaces and diadems
1 - A gold necklace (19th century, city: Fez) (link: http://baroqueart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;ma;Mus01_B;36;en)
2 - A diadem (End of the 19th century, tribes: tribes in the central Anti-Atlas Mountains and Aït Ouaouzguit of Djebel Siroua) (Source: musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, photo by Thierry Ollivier, Michel Urtado)
3 - A gemset gold necklace (19th century, city: Fez)
4 - A gemset and enamelled gold pendant necklace (19th century, city: Tangier) (site: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-moroccan-gemset-and-enamelled-gold-pendant-4979784/?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4979784)
5 - A gemset pendant necklace (probably 1782, city: Fez) (link: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-moroccan-gemset-hand-of-fatima-pendant-4892578/?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4892578)
6 - A headress (taounza) (20th century, tribe: Ida ou Semlal tribe) (link: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5446/headdress-taounza-ida-ou-semlal-amazigh)
7 - A headress (silver horns) (tribe: Ait baamrane)
7 - 1 - Worn by an Ait baamrane Berber women
7 - 2 - Worn by two Ait Baamrane Berber women
7 - 3 - Worn by Madonna
III - Other things
III - 1 - A Parure of the Souss region
2 - Parures of the Jebel Bani
3 - 1 - Parures of the Ait Seghrouchen tribe and Northern Morocco
3 - 2 - A Parure of the Ait Seghrouchen tribe, Middle Atlas
4 - A Parure of the Ida ou Ndif tribe
5 - Parures of the Ait Ouaouzguite tribe, Jebel Sirwa
6 - A Parure of the Ait ou Afqa tribe, south of the Anti-Atlas
7 - A Parure of the South East of Morocco
8 - A Parure of the Zayane tribes, Middle Atlas
9 - Ait Yazza tribe, Ait Hadiddou, Imdhras, High Atlas
Interesting, detailed thread. https://twitter.com/MoorishUkaina/status/1342916722123288584?s=20
10 - Ear Ornament "khoras kbach" (rams horns) or "khoras amara" (very ornate rings) (18th–mid-20th century, city: Fez, Tetouan or Tangiers) (link: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451812)
10 - 1 - Head Ornament (18th–mid-20th century, city: Fez, Tetouan or Tangiers) (link: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451813)
10 - 2 - Head Ornament (18th–mid-20th century, people: Jewish women) (link: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451813)
10 - 3 - Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters (The wife of Abraham Benchimol, Moulay Abd-er-Rahman II's Jewish interpreter) (source: 1832 - Eugène Delacroix https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336046)
11 - 1 - Ear Ornament (tikhrazin or douwwah) (
19th–first half 20th century, region: Rif mountain region) (link: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451233)
19th–first half 20th century, region: Rif mountain region) (link: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451233)
11 - 2 - The details
