Ait Atta bracelet - Alloy - Morocco

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Selected by Surya Rutten

Morocco, Ait Atta silver looking defence bracelet made from unknown white metal alloy. diameter 11,5 cm, height 4,2 cm, inner diameter 5,8 cm, weight 364 gr Old Berber silver bracelet „Asbia' Iquorain“ from the Ait Atta Tribe. These bracelets, asbia’ iquorain, were originally worn by women of the Ait Atta tribe to defend themselves during raids. Such bracelets have always 12 spikes. Lit.: Anne Van Cutsem; A World of Bracelets; pg.21 Angela Fisher: Africa Adorned; pg. 262 I ship only inside Europe.

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Ait Atta bracelet - Alloy - Morocco

Morocco, Ait Atta silver looking defence bracelet made from unknown white metal alloy.

diameter 11,5 cm, height 4,2 cm, inner diameter 5,8 cm, weight 364 gr

Old Berber silver bracelet „Asbia' Iquorain“ from the Ait Atta Tribe.
These bracelets, asbia’ iquorain, were originally worn by women of the Ait Atta tribe to defend themselves during raids.
Such bracelets have always 12 spikes.

Lit.: Anne Van Cutsem; A World of Bracelets; pg.21
Angela Fisher: Africa Adorned; pg. 262

I ship only inside Europe.

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€ 78

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Selected by Surya Rutten

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