Maghreb Folk Art

Vintage African Moroccan leather handcrafted Tuareg bag with fringes. Wall decorative Art. Collectible vintage Real work of art hand made by the Berber trib...

1960s authentic vintage Moroccan tribal wedding rug with sequins North Africa, Handira.Rare large authentic Moroccan Bohemian style rug, handwoven by women...

Large Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez. Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand-painted with Arabic calligraphy writing. This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic ...

Large Moroccan glazed royal blue ceramic urn with lid from Fez. Vintage Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy wr...

Pair of African Tribal Art mask parchment wall shade sconces. These Art pieces could be used as large wall lamp shade. Iron frame covered with hide w...

Large Moroccan ceramic decorative serving tajine polychrome with leather, stones and metal overlay with conical overlay lid. The bottom is a circular ceramic bowl and the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a cone. Handcrafted and hand painted with Moorish designs by artisans in Fez Morocco. Great decorative Moroccan Folk ceramic...

Great decorative Moroccan Berber Tuareg metal brass powder flask. African decorative brass with front richly decorated with Moorish embossed brass ocverlay. Moroccan tribal powder fl...

A Trilobite fossil from Morocco,great patina and shine of the fossilized stone, Trilobits are extinct marine arthropods,easily recognized by their distinctive three-lobed, three-seg...

African Moroccan Tuareg tribal Khoumya arm dagger in dark brown leather sheath. great to use as a paper cutter on desk. Handcrafted by Artisans in south Morocco, very fine quality craftsmanship with a stamped leather engraved with Moroccan Tuareg geometric tribal designs. The arm dagger was a weapon widely used by people across Africa in the Sahara and Sudanic Africa, from the central Sahara to North Cameroon, from Nigeria to Somalia. It was worn in a sheath attached to the inner side of the left forearm by a loop, Metal steel blade shows some rust, leather in very good condition. Size: 13 inches length x widest part 1.5 inches. Blade is 1 inch. Africa, Morocco circa 1940s. Great Islamic antique Nomadic Tuareg knife dagger...

Moroccan Berber tribal bracelet Moroccan tribal bracelet, cuff from the high atlas of Morocco. Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroc...

Vintage Moroccan Tribal rug handwoven by Berber women from Morocco. Great geometrical abstract designs, very modernist carpet. Vintage Berber rug from the Taznakht tribe in south eas...

Moroccan Berber tribal bracelet. Moroccan tribal bracelets from the High Atlas of Morocco. Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroccan silver nickel. The ethnic Nomadic and Bedouin jewelry...

Pair of Moroccan green and brown ceramic urns with lid and handles. Great Moorish style handcrafted and chiselled decorative ceramic urns etched with Arabic calligraphy poetry writin...

Moroccan Berber cable hand-carved with tribal African designs. Rectangular wooden coffee table hand-carved wit tribal designs by skilled Moroccan artisans in Marrakech. Dark brown ...

An under-glazed painted pottery bowl with abstract naive design, blue, ochre, brown. Moroccan antique pottery bowl of deep rounded form with flattened rim rising on a low ring foot, hand-painted on the exterior with black decoration, the interior in polychrome painted, having abstract design in blue and ochre with turquoise accents, crack lure. Handcrafted antique ceramic dish, Fez, Morocco, Circa 1880, Museum quality piece. Antique Mokhfia (couscous bowl...

Traditional vintage silvered-metal and brass Moroccan tea pot, embossed with traditional repousse design, nicely aged, handcrafted in Fez, stamped in ...

Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish gilt glass perfume bottle. Hand blown glass perfume bottle gilded with 24-karat gold hand painted designs...

Pair of very decorative large handcrafted Moorish, Spanish style ceramic urns planters from Fez, Metal handles, bottom and top adorned with embossed metal. Great decorative large ce...

Vintage Moroccan flat-weave stripes Kilim rug.Large size blanket vintage Moroccan rug, handwoven by Berber women in Morocco for their own use.This rug ...

Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic tureen with cover. Hand painted ceramic Jubbana, handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco. Moorish desi...

Amazing and scarce JUDAICA object, we have here one of the most touching jewish objects we had for a long time, this small silver dowry box was made in Algeria in the early 19th century, it is all covered with symbols of jewish faith and of couples, the sliding lid has 2 flanking birds with hamsa (protective hand) on each side and a flower vase in the middle. one side shows two flanking lions with a tree in the middle and the other side shows again two big and two small birds with a flower bowl in the middle, front side has a key hole and next to it there is the Hebrew inscription ס״ט״" which says Siman tov or in English "a good sign" it is taken from the wedding blessing, underneath the lock there is another inscription with the name ״עזיזה בת אברהם בן חמו״ which is the name of the bride, her father and her grandfathers name. the box is full marked a lot of times with the silversmith mark, every side of the box is marked. this box was probably ordered by the grooms family to hold the jewelry they are giving to the bride as dowry, this type of objects are rare and there are just a few of them on museum collections. DOWRY (Heb. נְדֻנְיָה), the property a wife brings to her husband at marriage; the Yiddish equivalent, nadn, is from the same root. The custom of nedunyah became clearly defined and institutionalized only in the talmudic period. In biblical times, mohar (מֹהַר), whereby the groom bought his wife from her father (Gen. 24:53; Ex. 22:15–16; Hos. 3:2), was the accepted practice. It was then customary that the groom give the bride gifts, and that she bring certain property to her husband's home upon marriage: slaves, cattle, real estate, etc. (cf. Gen. 24:59–61; 29; Judg. 1:14ff.; I Kings 9:16). Evidence of the custom of nedunyah is to be found in Tobit (7:14; 8:21) and in the Assuan papyri (Cowley, Aramaic, nos. 15, 18). Gradually, mohar was superseded by the ketubbah custom according to which the husband merely assumed the responsibility of compensation to his wife in case he divorced her: he had to pay her 200 zuzim if she had been a virgin at the time of marriage, and 100 zuzim if a widow or divorcée (see *Ketubbah). By talmudic times, the institution of nedunyah was prevalent; the father gave a dowry to the bride since the daughter was excluded from paternal inheritance. Fifty zuzim (equivalent to the worth of 180 grams of silver) was the minimum amount a father was obliged to give to his daughter (Ket. 6:5). Parents usually gave much more, according to their social standing. Community funds provided the dowry for an orphan or a very poor girl (ibid.; cf. Sh. Ar., YD 251:8). In case of her father's death, the brothers of a minor girl were obliged to give her the minimum dowry, and the court estimated how much her father would have given her above the minimum dowry. The sum was then taken out of the father's estate and given to the daughter upon majority (Ket. 6:6; 68a–69b). In the absence of such an estimate, each daughter was entitled to receive one-tenth of the value of her father's estate in money, or in valuables (Yad, Ishut, 20:4–7; Sh. Ar., EH 113:4). If the father was unable or unwilling to pay the promised dowry at the betrothal ceremony, the groom could refuse to marry his bride (Ket. 13:5; Ket. 108b–109a). Insistence on exact payment of the promised dowry, however, was frowned upon by later rabbinic authorities (Rema to Sh. Ar., EH 2:1). In certain communities it was customary for the groom's father to make a dowry contribution equal to that of the bride's father (Ket. 102b). The dowry, whether given in real estate, slaves, money, or chattel was recorded in the marriage contract (the ketubbah) and in some instances one-third or one-fifth of the actual value of the dowry was added to the sum mentioned in the ketubbah. Based upon a decree enacted by *Simeon b. Shetah (first century C.E.), the Talmud ruled that the husband and his entire property were liable for compensation as stipulated in the ketubbah, either in case he died (when she collected the sum specified in the ketubbah from the heirs) or in case he divorced his wife (Ket. 82b). For the status of the dowry and the husband's rights and obligations, see below. The rabbinic enactments (Takkanot Shum) by R. Jacob *Tam and by the rabbinic synod of the communities of Speyer, Worms, and Mainz (Germany) stipulated that if a woman died...

African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade...

African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp s...

Large antique Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez turned into a lamp. Large Moroccan Ceramic Table Lamp with Moorish Spanish Granada Des...

African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shad...

Vintage Red Ethnic Moroccan Fluffy Rug.Vintage authentic tribal Moroccan Berber rug from the Middle Atlas mountains. Monochromatic red ethnic African rug wi...

Large pair of Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic water jug with handle. Hand painted ceramic handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco...

A unique flat-weave with a very robust texture obtained by brocading a warp-faced fabric composed of very thick woolen light orange wefts. It is inspired by the reed carpets of the T...

African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp sha...

Vintage Moroccan flat-weave stripe Kilim rug.Large size blanket vintage Moroccan rug, handwoven by Berber women in Morocco for their own use.This ethnic rug was made using flat-weave technique with linear pattern of alternating stripes in different cors in green, red, pink, black and ivory (a natural wo cor).This vintage Moroccan Kilim ethnic textile...

Moroccan Handcrafted Metal Hanging Lanterns, North Africa set of 2. Moroccan metal Moorish hanging lanterns. Amazing Moorish light fixtures hand...

Moroccan authentic Berber ethnic handwoven tribal throw pillow made from a vintage rug.The front and the back are made from a different rug, front...

Vintage Moroccan red and black round leather pouf hand tooled in Marrakesh, Morocco. Handcrafted by Moroccan artisans. Size is 21 in. diameter x ...

Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish amber painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber glass. The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay. This has a long metal top spout that unscrews. This is a recycled vintage French perfume...

A rare and unusual Berber carpet from the Rehamna area, located in the plains near Marrakesh, distinguished by an orange background decorated uniquely by two vertical arrangements of conjoined diamond placed at the extreme sides of the field. What is quite unusual is the presence of three stars of David embellishing the center of the field, indicating that the carpet was possibly woven for a Moroccan Jewish...

Vintage Moroccan flat-weave Kilim rug.Large size blanket vintage Moroccan rug, handwoven by Berber women in Morocco for their own use.This rug was made...

Amazing vintage caftan, royal blue silk velvet heavily hand embroidered with silver trim, circa 1970s The velvet kaftan is handcrafted and embel...

Moroccan tribal Berber wooden sugar hammer. Handcrafted by the Berber women of Morocco, hand-carved wood with tribal design, this folk art instrument is a...

African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade...

Antique Moroccan tribal Folk Art Berber wool comb. 19th century, nice patina, Museum collector piece.

African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade. Ir...

African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp sha...

African tribal art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Moroccan art pieces could be used as wall lamp sha...

A rare find this 19th century green velvet and goldthread ceremonial jewish cape, from Morocco.

Woven with natural, undyed wool, flat-weaves such as the one illustrated here are characteristic of the Berber people located in the Ourika Valley, in the Moroccan High Atlas region....

Moroccan "Boucherouite" rug. A Moroccan rag rug, woven entirely with cut-up pieces of fabric from old clothes, etc. - boucherouite means rag or torn cloth in Moroccan Arabic. A relat...

Decorative and large Classic Moroccan Leather Camel in very good condition. Standing on four legs with slightly uplifted head, black eyes, curled ears a...

Handcrafted Moorish Moroccan Bleu de Fez decorative ceramic Bowl, dish. Ceramic bowl in Bleu de Fez, very nice designs hand painted by artist in Fez. Geometrical and floral Moorish ...

Large handwoven vintage Moroccan Berber Tribal kilim. This very large blanket was handwoven by the Berber women for their own use. Handcrafted folk art textiles from the Middle Atlas Berber tribes in Morocco with traditional stripes designs. Could be used as a floor covering, on a sofa or bed, or for upholstery. Great Moroccan vintage organic textile to add the Ethnic accent to any style of décor. Well-suited for a wide range of interior styles: Century Modern, Urban, and Loft interiors. Midcentury organic vintage handwoven textile...

Antique Moroccan blue and white ceramic footed vase from Fez. Moorish style handcrafted vase adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work, with two handles. Antique Hispano Moresq...

Set of two Moroccan brass Berber tribal sugar hammer. Moroccan Collectible Brass Berber Sugar Hammer,Brass Berber Tribal Sugar Hammer. Authentic old Tuare...

Pair of Moroccan Berber Tribal bracelets. Moroccan Tribal bracelets from the High Atlas of Morocco. Handcrafted by Berber women using Moroccan silver nickel. The ethnic Nomadic and Bedouin jewelry...

Large African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Art pieces could ...

Moroccan "Boucherouite" rug. A Moroccan rag rug, woven entirely with cut-up pieces of fabric from old clothes, etc. - boucherouite means rag or torn cloth in Moroccan Arabic. A relatively recent phenomenon, such weavings are products of socio-economic changes in Moroccan society, with nomadic tribes settling in towns, abandoning animal husbandry and losing access to wool. A very creative, artistic response by talented Moroccan women...

20046 Vintage Moroccan Beni Ourain Rug, 05'07 x 14'05. Craft a serene and contemporary ambiance with this hand knotted wool vintage Moroccan Beni Ourain rug, where simplicity meets cozy sophistication. Neutral earthy tones blend seamlessly, creating a tranquil color palette within the principles of Shibui aesthetics. Enriched with Judaic symbolism, the Moroccan rug proudly bears the revered Star of David, transforming it into a masterpiece of Judaica art. This long vintage Moroccan rug not only resonates with visual beauty but also carries the rich tapestry of Jewish history in Morocco, infusing spaces with a profound cultural energy. Each intricately woven thread tells a story, with the weaver's initials adding a personal touch to the rug. A harmonious addition to Minimalist design and modern interiors, this Moroccan runner becomes both a visual delight and a cultural statement. Marking the sacred moments of Jewish tradition, the rug gracefully signifies Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Rosh Hashanah...

A rare and unusual Moroccan rug woven in the hooked technique using recycled industrial fibres on a plastic foundation. The directional character of the abstract pattern, which seem ...

Handcrafted large Moroccan polychrome decorative ceramic plate from Fez. Bleu de Fez, very nice designs hand painted by artist in Fez. Geometrical and floral designs and adorned wit...

Large pair of Moroccan glazed polychrome ceramic jars tureen with cover. Hand painted ceramic Jubbana, handcrafted by skilled Moroccan artisans in Fez Morocco. Moorish designs in t...

Azilal Moroccan Berber rug. A lovely Moroccan Berber rug from the Azilal province in the Central High Atlas Mountains with a rather whimsical - dare we say, artistic - design and vib...

Moroccan Ethnic Berber handwoven tribal throw pillow made from a vintage rug. The front and the back are made from a different rug, front is more...