This exhibition, Moroccan women – Between ethic and aesthetic, – an original creation of the Centre de la Culture Judéo-Marocaine – revisits the rules of appearance in Moroccan aesthetics, explores the ethics and customs imposed on women as well as the motivations – still at work – of these highly codified customs.
For the first time, ancient productions and recent creations are put in dialogue, in a rich narrative journey presenting a large quantity of objects dating from the 16th century to the present day: traditional and cultic objects, clothes, ornaments, talismans and jewels, archival documents, photographs and drawings, orientalist paintings coming from the Dahan-Hirsch Collection, which holds a special place in the safeguarding of Morocco’s cultural and civilizational heritage, whose great historical and affective value we measure here.
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Amulet for synagogue glass suspension – Khemsa
Yellow copper
Fès 1900
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M. Girard
Essaouira, 1949
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Necklace – Lebba
Gold-plated silver and semi-precious stones
Fès, 19ème
Encre sur parchemin
Fès, 19ème
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John-Frédérick, Lewis 1805-1876
Grande-Bretagne, 1836
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Amulet of protection for travel
Ink on parchment
Fès, 19ème
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Rabat, early 20th century