Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
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Utility sugar hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

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20th century
Tribal Art
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    Utility Sugar Hammer – High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
    Estimated date: mid-20th century
    Fruit wood, turned and polished by hand.

    Length: approx. 30 cm – head width: 10 cm – thickness: 2 cm – weight: 90 g.

    This sugar hammer, of exemplary simplicity, is carved from light-colored fruitwood, carefully polished by time.
    Its truncated conical and slightly triangular head demonstrates perfect mastery of proportions and ergonomics adapted to daily use.
    The finely rounded handle is worn evenly, attesting to long domestic use. Without any apparent decoration, the object's beauty lies in the purity of its form and the golden patina acquired from contact with hands and crystallized sugar.
    This example represents the quintessential functional type, preserved in its original simplicity—a faithful witness to rural Moroccan domestic life.

    Used to break sugar loaves for preparing tea, this hammer was an integral part of daily life for families in the High Atlas Mountains.

    While it bears no symbolic decoration, its repeated use in tea-sharing rituals imbues it with significant cultural and social significance. A silent object, yet laden with memory, it recalls the central role of the home in the transmission of traditions and flavors.
    Condition

    Good structural condition.
    An old, stabilized crack on the head (visible on the top).
    Surface smoothed by use, with a beautiful honey patina.
    Signs of wear consistent with long but not excessive use.

    A representative and authentic utilitarian piece, less spectacular than decorated models but essential for a complete ethnographic collection.

    Ref: 9WPC8L5YZF

    Condition Good
    Style Tribal Art (Folk art of Tribal Art Style)
    Period 20th century (Folk art 20th century)
    Country of origin Mauritania
    Length (cm) 30
    Width (cm) 10
    Depth (cm) 2
    Weight (Kg) 90
    Materials Wood
    Internal reference ANLABR08
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    Location 06460, Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey (06460), France
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