This online exhibit at the National Museum of African Art highlights textiles, embroidery, and jewelry from Morocco. Besides having pictures of 67 artifacts, there is a section on the history of Morocco. The education link allows students to click on a weaving and see where the weaver came from and learn more about that part of the country. There is also find a design game, and a print and draw section where you can decorate your own artifacts after printing them.

Concepts

embroidery, jewelry, textiles, weaving, morocco, culture

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Additional Tags

designs, berber, smithsonian, smithsonian institution

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)