Minneapolis Institute of Art
Belt buckle and anklets
Morocco (Essaouira)LinkedCulture matchlcp-be4ceed35a4b
- Date
- 1832
- Medium
- Silver with gold-plated motifs
- Department
- Arts of Global Africa
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 4179
In the past, Muslims in Morocco declined to engage in smithing, allowing their Jewish neighbors to take up the trade instead. One of the reasons was the popular belief that working with fire exposed them to the wrath of harmful invisible beings called jinn. For many centuries, Jewish artisans in the coastal town of Essaouira dominated the metalworking industry—this pair of anklets was made there in 1832—though most have since left the country and been replaced by Muslims. Africa
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- Credit line
- The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund
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