Moroccan Hair Beads

107-year-old handmade Moroccan hair beads made with metals and painted. Attached with a white strand. 

This matching pair of solid metal rings from the lower Atlas Mountains of Morocco would have been worn in the hair. Such hair rings are increasingly rare and this pair has superb patina – their contours have been rounded and smoothed from decades of wear and handling.

The top surface has been decorated with green and red enamel.

The form is almost architectural and reminiscent of traditional Jewish wedding rings – indeed, they might well be copies of such rings. Morocco historically had a vibrant Sephardic Jewish community that was relatively well integrated with local culture and commerce.

Object Size - 3.5x2 Inches

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