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Description : **First Time At Auction** North Africa, Morocco, Berber culture, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a massive and beautiful hand-woven wool textile carpet or tent hanging, made by Berber woman in a flat weave with colorful geometric and discontinuous weft patterning (brocade). The threads are dyed in warm tones of peach-pink, orange, beige, red, yellow, brown, and black hues that form horizontal registers of linear and triangular forms. The loose ends are worked into a tassel and add nice texture to the ends of the piece. The Berbers were nomadic people of Arab descent that lived throughout Morocco. Weaving and producing textiles for various everyday use and trade were a large part of a Berber women's life, the patterns were a combination of Islamic symbols and other African cultures with their own designs to create symbolic meaning. This large panel is a vibrant and a substantial piece that could have easily covered the whole floor of a room or acted as a wall divider. Size: 148 L x 65 W (375.9 cm x 165.1 cm) Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #168580
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