Seven lengthwise bands of interlocking lozenges and crossed diagonals run across this 400 × 180 cm Beni Mguild Henbel. Deep blue-violet alternates with pale gray, while small reflective sequins catch the light along the motifs and the narrow lines that divide the bands.

Provenance & Craft

From Atelier des Atlas, this Amazigh Henbel is handwoven in wool and embellished with sequins. A narrow dark edging runs along the sides, and spaced dark tassels hang from the short end shown in the foreground.

Design Vocabulary

Adjacent bands reverse the placement of dark and pale areas, so a blue-violet lozenge on gray sits beside pale diagonals on blue-violet. Fine red accents trace some of the diagonals, with occasional touches of green and blue inside the smaller lozenges.

Beni Mguild Henbel with alternating lozenge bands and sequin accents.