Description
Brass and silver
Ida people / trib
Central Anti-Atlas
Morocco
19th century
worn condition with some chips
traces of oxidation on the back
very soft patina
an heirloom to collect and / or to wear
7 grams
Bibliography:
a similar example in “Splendeurs du Maroc”, Musée Royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium, Editions Plume Paris, 1998
also in the Ghysels Collection “A World of Necklaces; Africa, Asia, Oceania, America from the Ghysels Collection” (“Colliers ethniques” in its French version), Anne Leurquin, Milan, Skira, 2003 *
Dimensions :
3.6 cm high
2.4 cm wide
0.5 cm deep
ref : 81630
¤ I HKAN