(Tasfift)
A tiara for married Jewish women in the Dades Valley (Morocco).
A tiara made up of a wool band decorated with moulded silver elements, coins, enamelled silver plates and coloured pearls. It is worn for the first time on the wedding day and then becomes a traditional hairstyle for married Jewish women in the Dades Valley (Morocco).
Besancenot, Jean. “The Jewish Communities of Southern Morocco.” Costumes of Morocco. translated by Caroline Stone, London & New York: Kegan Paul International, distributed by Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1990, pp. 181-85, pl. 59.
The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, ed. Esther Juhasz, Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2012, pp. 80-81.
Juifs du Maroc : Photographies de Jean Besancenot, 1934-1937. Paris : Musée d’art et d’histoire du judaïsme, 2021.
Muller-Lancet, Aviva. ‘Al Ha-Khasut Ve-Be’ikar al Ha-Meser: Levusham shel Yehudim Be-‘Artzot Ha-Islam [Garments with a Message: Jewish Wear in Islamic Lands]. Jerusalem: Ben- Zvi Institute and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2010, pp. 200-1.
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