Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ear pendants (tiboukaria)

Amazigh (Berber) artist

Date

1880–1901

Medium

Silver, enamel, coral, amber, glass, shell, coins, seed, plant fiber

Culture

Amazigh (Berber)

Department

Arts of Global Africa

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

These large ear hoops have enameled pendants, making them too heavy for earlobes. Instead, Muslim and Jewish women usually tied them to cords they attached to their hair. The circular niello designs are created by applying a black metallic compound to line-engraved surfaces, a technique introduced around 1500 by Jewish artisans from Andalusia, Spain, to the Anti-Atlas region of Morocco. Amazigh (Berber), Africa

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