
Tekna
Head Ornament
1960
In contrast with the silver head ornaments of the Imazighen peoples of Algeria and Morocco on display nearby, those of the Tekna and other Hassaniya-speaking peoples are made of finely knotted and twisted horsehair or synthetic hair that is decorated with beads in a variety of materials—ebony, silver, coral, glass, and shell— and semiprecious stones. Such ornaments blend into the hairlike wigs of those who wear them.
- Medium
- Nylon and polypropylene hair, amber, coral, shell, silver, carnelian, and glass beads
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Museum · Art Institute of Chicago
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