1. Dolls created by Moroccan and Saharan children Document made for the seminars at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Programa de Educación Inicial y Primera Infancia Buenos Aires October 2010

2. celebrating children’s creativity in their self made toys from a multicultural perspective www.sanatoyplay.org Jean-Pierre Rossie

3. eighteen-months- old girl with one of her first dolls made with a piece of cactus Anti-Atlas 2006

4. centuries old doll play with snail shells representing the dolls Anti-Atlas, 2002

5. creating dolls is most often done by girls who use them for games of marriage, household games and games staging female activities game of marriage, Anti-Atlas, 2005

6. mistress of ceremonies with a tube of pomade as frame Anti-Atlas, 2007 unless indicated otherwise the dolls were created by girls

7. bridegroom and bride clothed in the traditional way Anti-Atlas 2006 the groom carries a dagger and a bag with herbs as magical protection the bride has her face covered against the evil eye

8. bride and bridegroom, Anti-Atlas, 2006 the bride's face was blackened because it is a black girl

9. Sahrawi dolls and nomad encampment, Western Sahara, 2008

10. tent with dolls in the playground, Western Sahara, 2008

11. Sahrawi bride and bridegroom, Western Sahara, 2008 doll’s frame made of a bone fixed in a bundle of rags

12. Sahrawi mother, father and child, Western Sahara, 2008

13. Sahrawi babies made with rags Western Sahara 2008 the blue bag filled with herbs represents protection magic

14. pregnant mother and her daughter, Anti-Atlas, 2006 cross shaped reed frame

15. pregnant woman and her husband Anti-Atlas 2006

16. mother with baby and father sitting in a chair, Anti-Atlas, 2007

17. old man Anti-Atlas 2001

18. mother with baby and father, Anti-Atlas, 2007 exceptionally the legs are cut out at the base of the reed

19. mother with baby and small daughter, Anti-Atlas, 2007 sweet wrappers have been used as dresses

20. mother and baby with an embroidered face Anti-Atlas 2007

21. cradle for a baby Anti-Atlas 2006

22. rag baby in its cradle, Anti-Atlas, 2006 bag of herbs and shells as protective magic

23. husband and wife in bed Anti-Atlas 2006

24. childless woman Anti-Atlas 2006

25. poor woman Anti-Atlas 2006

26. rich family with race car Anti-Atlas, 2004

27. servant-woman of the rich family Anti-Atlas 2006

28. woman going to the market Anti-Atlas 2006

29. doll wearing a kerchief made from a plastic bag Anti-Atlas 2005

30. dolls with their head cut out of a piece of polystyrene Anti-Atlas, 2002 Anti-Atlas, 2008

31. Belghenja doll made by women to be walked in procession during the ritual for obtaining rain the boy holds Belghenja dolls made by girls Anti-Atlas 2007

32. the Belghenja dolls are made with a wooden spoon Anti-Atlas 2007

33. girl carrying her Belghenja doll when playing the ritual for obtaining rain Anti-Atlas 2007

34. Belghenja doll made with a lamp surrounded by silver paper, Anti-Atlas, 2007

35. Baba Ashur and his wife (left) Doukkala 2008 frame with a bone of the aïd el kebir sheep Ashura is a Moroccan feast lasting for ten days at which it is customary to give sweets and presents to children. It falls on the tenth day of the first month of the Muslim calendar. A PowerPoint presentation Ashura: a children’s feast in Morocco is available on www.sanatoyplay.org (see Documentation Center: Multimedia: Rossie 2008)

36. mother and daughter dressed for a feast, Anti-Atlas, 2006 the fibulas closing the large white veil are cut out of an aluminum sheet

37. grandmother in her festive dress Anti-Atlas 2006

38. Sahrawi dancer Western Sahara 2007 arm movements represented by a curved branch

39. spectator of the Sahrawi dance Western Sahara, 2007

40. old and young woman dressed for the ahwash dance Anti-Atlas, 2006

41. young man participating in the ahiddus dance Anti-Atlas, 2005

42. mistress and weavers with daughters at the loom, Anti-Atlas, 2007

43. female dressmaker, Anti-Atlas, 2006

44. cloths of the female dressmaker, Anti-Atlas, 2006

45. girl at the hospital, mother and female doctor (right) Anti-Atlas, 2007

46. policemen, Anti-Atlas, 2007 clothing of paper packaging frame of plastified wire

47. tourist at the beach, Anti-Atlas, 2007 second hand plastic doll dressed by girl umbrella and reclining chair of plastified iron wire and wool threads

48. emigrants’ daughter visiting the homeland Anti-Atlas 2006 plastic doll with a dress made by the girl car made by a boy

49. home for handicapped and poor people, Anti-Atlas, 2007

50. the home’s mistress and girl with artificial legs, Anti-Atlas, 2007

51. dolls representing handicaped children, Anti-Atlas, 2007

53. doll representing a performer in the ahwash dance High Atlas 1992 boys make dolls only seldom

54. schoolgirls dressed in wrapping paper made by boys in the first year of primary school but denigrated by girls as too rudimentary Anti-Atlas, 2007

55. mother and baby made by a boy Anti-Atlas 2006

56. a boy of eight years created this male doll with a package of medicine Anti-Atlas 2008

57. traditional doll doll made by young woman made by girl to be sold to tourists Moroccan Sahara, 1996 Moroccan Sahara, 2001

58. Anti-Atlas 1996 Anti-Atlas, 2006 plastic dolls dressed by girls

59. fantasy doll Anti-Atlas, 2007

60. © Jean-Pierre Rossie all photos taken by the author except the photos of slides 3, 6, 33, 35 and 49 taken by Khalija Jariaa (the woman on slide 31)