Ait Baha, Chtouka people, western Anti-Atlas Mountains, late 19th - early 20th century
Silver: cast and engraved
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchased with funds given by the Judaica Acquisitions Fund, 1999-60 a,b
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| A Jewish silversmith created these fibulae. Five respoussé motifs, four lobes and a circle, allude to the hamsa, the five-fingered hand amulet. | ||||||
| Pair of Fibulae (tizerzai) Ait Baha, Chtouka people, western Anti-Atlas Mountains, late 19th - early 20th century Silver: cast and engraved The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchased with funds given by the Judaica Acquisitions Fund, 1999-60 a,b |
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