Berber memories : women and jewellery in Morocco : through the Gillion Crowet Collections /
Draguet, Michel,author.
Merode, Nathalie de,writer of added text.
The Berbers, also known as Amazigh, are an ethnic group indigenous to North and West Africa. For hundreds of years, Berber tribes of Morocco have created intricate jewelry to adorn the bodies of Berber women not merely to aesthetic ends, but to convey information about the positions of women within their tribal worlds, including messages about fertility, wealth, and social hierarchy. This beautifully illustrated book offers a glimpse at objects from a particularly fine collection of Berber jewelry from across Morocco. Most often made of silver, Berber jewelry frequently incorporates coral, turquoise, enamelwork, and glass. The objects featured here include ear and head ornaments as well as traditional tizerais, large, triangular clasps designed to hold garments in place. Berber Memories also offers a brief history of Berber culture, with a focus on ornament in the context of the status of Berber women.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Jack Lang -- Introduction / Nathalie de Merode -- Part I. Berber memories -- Gazing -- What the rams tell us -- The Berbers: an interrogation -- Phoenician and Roman influences -- Between Islamisation and Arabisation: a revolution -- Berbers tested by Arabisation -- Part II. Jewellery and women in Morocco -- Feeling -- The feminine empire -- The multiplicity of jewellery -- On jewellery -- The north --- The western coast -- Western anti-atlas -- Central anti-atlas -- Jbel Siroua and the central high atlas -- The high atlas and the south-eastern valleys -- The south and the pre-Sahara.
The Berbers, also known as Amazigh, are an ethnic group indigenous to North and West Africa. For hundreds of years, Berber tribes of Morocco have created intricate jewelry to adorn the bodies of Berber women not merely to aesthetic ends, but to convey information about the positions of women within their tribal worlds, including messages about fertility, wealth, and social hierarchy. This beautifully illustrated book offers a glimpse at objects from a particularly fine collection of Berber jewelry from across Morocco. Most often made of silver, Berber jewelry frequently incorporates coral, turquoise, enamelwork, and glass. The objects featured here include ear and head ornaments as well as traditional tizerais, large, triangular clasps designed to hold garments in place. Berber Memories also offers a brief history of Berber culture, with a focus on ornament in the context of the status of Berber women.
Gillion Crowet, Anne-Marie
Gillion Crowet, Roland
Berbers
Women, Berber
Jewelry