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Frontal Parure – Mauritania

Posted by Liuba Berti - AMAZIGH on May 12, 2012 at 12:59pm
Leather, old glass beads, agate. Approx. cm. 12,5 width (4.80 Inches) x cm. 5,0 high (1.96 Inches).Before performing the dance of seduction (guedra), mauritanian women wear a frontal parure embellished with different amulets.You can see a similar piece on page 28 of "A World of Head Adornment: Africa, Asia, Oceania, America" by Anne Van Cutsem.
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  • Eva Baby May 12, 2012 at 2:08pm

    Love these items from Mauritania !!! Wonderful!

  • Chantal May 12, 2012 at 2:29pm

    Gorgeous!

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