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Thisisn't the pic I was looking for, I can't locate the other in my collection..it may be stored randomly! ( fairly likely!) Or I may have seen it in the collection of pics at the Maison de photography in Marrakech. I was fortunate enough to see some old unpublished slides there earlier this year.
This pic however shows similar( I would refer to them as pre saharan pieces) worn both temporally and at the forehead.
If I am able to source the other pic which I believe was of a woman of Harratine ethnicity I shall of course add it.
warm wishes
SarahOk i see this is the pic i posted some time ago i think. isn't it?
You would notice that she is wearing a silver " southern cross" instead as a forehead and temple ornament along with shell and coral beads.
When you get to the presahara and the sahara areas, hair techniques are a very serious affair or at least it used to be then.
White skinned women would stress on how long their hair is, that is why they would braid thin hair batches and put some kinds of jewelled weights at the end such as silver pyramid rings.
It is the case for this lady wich if i am not mistaken could be a mixed arab/berber nomad from the IDA OUBLAL tribe around the middle Draa valley. she is wearing a mix of saharan and oases jewellery from Both upper Draa valley and from the Goulimime area.
Dark toned harratine wich have somewhat a shorter and less "workable" hair would rather braid it crudely with wool and animal hair in a compact way no longer that the shoulders and would put some bold heavy and showy finials to the end. Famous examples are the UPPER DRAA valley finials wich comes in very numerous styles ans shapes and of course the alledgedly "foum zguid" hair ornament posted by LUDA.
Using coins is another clue that points towards a rather urbanised settlement such as the oases wich would be in the center of dense commercial traffic that implies the use of coins in opposition to nomads for wich camels are the real monney!!
Would love to hear more about the maison de photography in marrakech, are they showcasing old or new pictures, or was it a temporary exhibition?
PLease Sarah, do post old pictures if you have got some!
Cheers
Hi Ayis,
I do have a lot of pics, I gather them whenever i see them online! This is how I would come to have this pic of yours in my files!!
I do post them when they seem apt to a topic. I shall endeavour to add a few each week here...many are already online here..
I realised at once that this pic is not of the same region, I posted it soley as it showed the piece worn in both ways which i thought was amusing as out opionions were of one and the other!
A friend of mine introduced me to the Maison de la photography here is a link or two!:
http://www.marrakech-riad.co.uk/2010/10/la-maison-de-la-photographie/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g293734-d1675171-Rev...There are many slides there which I would love to spend days searching through...well worth a visit in Marrakech.
The owner lives in Paris, so maybe you could contact him there?? He is called Patrick.
warm wishes
Sarah
http://www.maisondelaphotographie.ma/