- Object Name:
- Belt Buckle
- Place Made:
- Essaouira (?) (Morocco)
- Date:
- 1919
- Medium:
- Silver: cast and engraved
- Dimensions:
- 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (15.9 × 6 × 3.2 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Eli Wilner in honor of Robert Hurst
- Accession Number:
- 2003-17
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Buckles of the fekroun or turtle type, like this one, are used at the end of a small belt called a mdemma. The buckle is decorated with the flower motif typical of Essaouira.
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