Berber marriage contract - Morocco

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Description from the seller

Authentic Tuareg document
Exceptional museum piece, this very large and rare Berber marriage contract on a fine wooden plaque from the late 19th to early 20th century
Inscription front and back
Written in black ink in Arabic
Text according to ancestral usage
Red official ink stamp
visible
Contents / Islamic formulas
Names of the spouses
Mention of the dowry (sadaq)
Witnesses and handwritten seal
Various agreements...
Legal, religious and patrimonial object
Origin: Moroccan Atlas southern region
Total weight: 137 g
Large flat model: 102 g
Length: 30 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Diameter: 1.5 cm
Smaller model: 35 g
Length: 20 cm
Width: 4 cm
Diameter: 1 cm