Handicraft

Catalogue of the Oasis Museum, hall 3:

Handicraft

In the oasis, handmade craft production tries to fill local needs and the demand of the nomad population in the area. The iron work is a labor undertaken specifically by the Black people. The silversmith’s work was long ago a specialty of Hebrews. Carpentry and saddle making are both done by men as a job.

Women weave carpets and blankets and embroider shawls, not in a professional way but as a complementary activity along with the housework.

MEN’S HANDICRAFT

1. Carpentry

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Making a wood platter in Assif Melloul valley Photo: Roger Mimó, 1992

2. Pottery reparation

Drill engraved in Hebraic characters

Translation: «Long life to the Jews. Hail Israel. May the king of Israel return to Jerusalem. May the temple of Jerusalem (the mosque Al Aksa) be for the Jews».

Origin: Ksar Tiilit, (Dadès), 20^th century. Ref. 144.

Platter repaired by the drill Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 145.

Amplify detail of the engraved stone:

3. Rope manufacturing

Rope manufacturing braiding palm skin

4. Saddler implements

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Tools to sew saddles Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 146/147.

5. Shoemaker and blacksmith implements

	Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 148/154.
	Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 163/169.
	Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century, ref. 155/157.
	Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century, ref. 158/161.
	Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century, ref. 162.

Sheepskin

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Products for deodorizing leather

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Patch to repair bored goatskin bottles
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 173.

6. Iron work

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Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 77/78.

WOMEN’S HANDICRAFT: TRANSFORMATION OF THE WOOL

1. Shearing

Ksar El Khorbat (Ferkla). Photo: Roger Mimó, 2006

Scissors for shearing sheep
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 174.

Stones to whet the scissors
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 175/176.

2. Washing

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Bougamés valley Photo: Roger Mimó, 1991

3. Combing

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Ikharsan: tools for combing wool
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 177/178.

4. Carding

Carding brushes

Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 179/180.

Carding brushes

Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 174.

5. Spinning

Stick for spinning
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 181.

Spinning girl
Photo: André Bertrand, 1960

Sticks for spinning
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century.
Ref. 182 to 185.

6. Dyeing

Madder: dye in red

Pomegranate skin: dye in red

Saffron: dye in yellow

7. Weaving

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Weaving woman
Photo: André Bertrand, 1960

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Loom
Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 186.

Taska: tool for gripping thread Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 187/188.	Stones to tend threads of the warp Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 189 a 192.
Loom pieces Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 193/200.	Tool to tend the carpet Origin: Ferkla, 20^th century. Ref. 201.