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As they are Moroccon, I do not know. But in Mali the Targias wear rings attached on a headdress or a piece of black cloth on their head, which look similar to this. I have seen some in silver, the more modern are in gold (or gold coloured).However, it is just an idea........... perhaps wrong and they are used for other things.
Meanwhile I found some photos (not mine, I have no copyright!) where one can see that Tuareg women from Northern Mali wear all kinds of rings, Talhakimts, and similar in their hair, even Berber crosses. The photo where they had it attached to a headcloth I could not find......... but of course, possibly these rings were used for other purposes......... someone will tell. I include the two photos here, one can see that they are quite creative.
these are sometimes found on pieces from the southof Morocco ( oasis jewels) , I believe they come from Mali and Niger originally.
They definitely resemble the Fulani rings worn in hair, on necks and fingers!
If found in morocco then as you said they come from those leather temple ornaments around aqqa oases finished by the weird geometrical volume with a square section...
The use of rings on leather temple ornaments could be found as eastwards as the tubu and nomadic tribes of sudan west of the nile....
Obviously a very ancient remanant of the time when harratine ancestors were roaming green sahara with their cattle...
This is a type of ornament i fin very moving as it encompasses a great deal of history without bearing complicated symbology and technique profusion that may make you lost in their understanding