La main au Maroc. Khamsa, art, symbole et tradition. Epigraphie the legacy of orientalism in

the legacy of orientalism in colonial painting

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mostly unpublished

Tapestry Museum

Previous studies have focused almost exclusively on stylistic attribution of these objects at the expense of social contextualization

La main au Maroc. Khamsa, art, symbole et tradition. Epigraphie the legacy of orientalism inThe Hand in Morroco. Hamsa, Art, Symbol and Tradition. Khalid El Gharib's collection offers, beyond primitive superstitions and multiple expressions of identity, the first artistic and aesthetic anthology on representations of the hand. These pieces, collected from all the cultural areas of Morocco, show jewelry in noble metal, prints, lamps, ex votos, clothing, weavings, embroidery, manuscripts, amulets and the many useful objects that surround both