French name "Tête de Maure"

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Tête de Maure is the French term for the heraldic symbol depicting a stylized head of a Moor, commonly used in European coats of arms and flags.

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Label Occurrences
French name "Tête de Maure" canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heraldic charge ⓘ
symbol ⓘ
appearsIn municipal coats of arms ⓘ
noble family coats of arms ⓘ
appearsOn Corsican flag ⓘ
Sardinian flag (Four Moors) ⓘ
linked to: Sardinian flag
associatedWith Moor's head ⓘ
depicts stylized head of a Moor ⓘ
etymologyFrom French word "Maure" (Moor) ⓘ
French word "tête" (head) ⓘ
field heraldic studies ⓘ
vexillology ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Maure head ⓘ
Moor’s head ⓘ
linked to: Moor's head
hasColor black ⓘ
brown ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Christian–Muslim conflicts in the Mediterranean ⓘ
European colonial history ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName French ⓘ
hasNameInFrench Tête de Maure ⓘ
hasStylisticForm line drawing ⓘ
silhouette ⓘ
hasTypicalOrientation affronté (full face) ⓘ
dexter (facing viewer’s left) ⓘ
isConsidered controversial symbol in modern contexts ⓘ
literalMeaning head of Moor ⓘ
oftenFeatures blindfold ⓘ
earring ⓘ
head in profile ⓘ
headband ⓘ
relatedTo European depictions of Moors ⓘ
iconography of the Other in Europe ⓘ
represents African person ⓘ
Moorish person ⓘ
subjectOf debates on racism and representation ⓘ
timeOfOrigin Middle Ages ⓘ
usedAs family heraldic device ⓘ
regional emblem ⓘ
usedBy European nobility ⓘ
Mediterranean coastal regions ⓘ
usedIn European heraldry ⓘ
coats of arms ⓘ
flags ⓘ
heraldry ⓘ
visualElement contrasting white headband on dark head ⓘ
simplified facial features ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moor's Head → hasLanguageVariant → French name "Tête de Maure" ⓘ