Producer unknown to us
Headscarf (Adrar)
Africa, Morocco, Anti-Atlas, Erkoune
Around 1930
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 crafted this wool veil around 1900 in Erkoune, located in the central Anti-Atlas. This Adrar also features a Bab motif at its center. The Bab represents a doorway: the lower opening serves as the entrance for humans, while the upper circular opening is intended for the house spirits (Djinn). Humans and spirits must never enter a house through the same doorway.
Motifs of hills and Islamic crescents are depicted along the lower edge of the Adrar, which was likely first used as an everyday veil. Later paintings indicate that it may also have been used for a wedding.
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