Old Wedding Blanket Handira brown, moroccan carpet, berber, bedding

A lovely old Berber woman’s shawl, cape or -handira- from the group of the Aït Atta. It features the very characteristic distribution of stripes and colors of this group. The large confederation of the Aït Atta inhabits an extense area on the High Atlas from the Draa valley to the Ziz valley. Capes like this would be worn on special gatherings and ocassions by the women of the group and from some other neighbouring group as the Aït Hadiddou, fastened by silver fibula or brooches. This handmade handira has been woven in wool and it combines the use of natural dyes in a design that mixes the three traditional colors, red, black and green against a white or cream background and the combination of stripes of equal width in its central part. The traditional design is completed by a fringe bordering the side edges. This particular example comes from the area of Msemrir where the Aït Atta sub-group of the Aït Oussikis lives. A beautiful piece. PLEASE NOTE : that there are holes in it. look pictures PLEASE NOTE : that there are holes in it. look pictures Dispose de — — Matériel : wool Région de : Afrique, Afrique du Nord, Maghreb, Maroc, La culture : africain, berbère, Nom vernaculaire : handira technique : wool Poids : 3 kg Longueur :215 cm Largeur : 122 cm