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(mehdor)
A wig-head ornament from Southern Morocco.
A wig-head ornament made of silver threads woven with horse or bovine hair and mounted on a cotton sheath with fastening straps. It was worn daily by the Jewish women of the Sous region (Southern Morocco).
Ben-Ami, Alia. The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The Israel Museum, ed. Esther Juhasz, Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2012, pp. 96-97, 321.
Jouin, Jeanne. “Le Costume de la Femme Israélite au Maroc [The Costume of the Israelite Woman in Morocco].” Journal de la Sociéte des Africanistes [Journal of the Africanists Society], vol. 6, no. 2, 1936, pp. 167-85.
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. 218-21, 271-75.
Rubens, Alfred. A History of Jewish Costume. New York: Crown, 1973, pp. 74-7.
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