Vintage ‘Porte du Paradis’ or 'Gateway to Paradise' Hamsa Pendant
£145.00
A large moulded and chiselled pendant made by the Ait Haddidou tribe of the eastern High Atlas Mountains of Morocco in the 1960s, called porte du paradis, ‘gateway to paradise’. This very old example depicts a serpent and is adorned with a glass bead.
Date:
1960s
Material:
Low-grade silver & glass
Dimensions:
9.2 cm (h) x 6.8 cm (w)
Weight:
39.3 g
Ref:
KHA-547
References:
Rabaté, M. (2013). Les Fibules. Paris-La Défense: ACR éd. p. 127.
Draguet, M. and Merode, N., 2020. Berber Memories. Yale University Press, p. 59.