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White Moroccan Vintage Wedding Blanket Handira
True Vintage wedding blanket Handira are getting more and more scarce, they come directly from Berber families in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who painfully sell them to survive!
The exact age is unknown but it is believed to be anywhere between 30 and 50 plus years.
The market is saturated with newly manufactured Handira but this is a true Authentic and Vintage piece!
Moroccan wedding blankets (Handira) are a marriage celebration tradition that originated with the Berber tribes, they are meticulously handwoven out of sheep's wool, cotton and linen in anticipation of a wedding by the bride's female relatives.
It can take hours, even weeks of work to attach metal mirrored sequins (which are authentic elements of Handira throws) once the weaving is complete.
These ornate pieces hold significant cultural meaning for the tribes and have recently become an international trend.
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Due to the handmade and vintage nature of the Handira, slight character-enhancing imperfections, irregularities, rust in the sequins, staining & markings on the front and the back, missing fringe, fixed holes may be noticeable upon close inspection including worn out edges which shouldn't be viewed as defects but instead considered to add to its beauty and authenticity and attest to its value as a treasured and VERY old tribal item!
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Approximate dimensions:7' 7" x 4' 6"
2m 30cm x 1m 36cm
Please note that due to the lighting in our photos, and differences in computer monitors, colors may vary slightly from what you see here.
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