Knockers
It’s fascinating when you find out how cultural history is captured in tools and everyday artifacts. The picture shows Fatima’s hand – a popular kind of door knocker in contemporary Andalucia (also found in Morocco). It has clear origins in Moorish, Arabic and Sephardic traditions, but survives in modern Spain and other latino cultures.
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