Producer unknown to us
Headscarf (Adrar)
Africa, Morocco, Anti-Atlas, Afouzar-Iligh
Around 1940
Textile; woven, painted
Annette Korolnik-Andersch (artist) and Marcel Korolnik (media designer) acquired the headscarf on one of their travels in Morocco
Donation to the Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden by Korolnik-Andersch in 2019
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A woman from the Feija community created and painted this wool veil for a wedding in Afouzar-Iligh around 1920. The Adrar features a modified Bab motif – a doorway. The lower opening serves as an entrance for people, while the upper circular passage is for household spirits (Djinn). People and spirits must never enter a house through the same entrance.
The Bab's upper part features a henna flower. In the lower part, a cross with an eye in the center represents the number 5 (hamsa), also considered a lucky number. The cross motifs at the bottom edge likely represent signs from the Tifinagh alphabet.
Team GRASSI.SKD