Tiwizi Hands

Households pool labour for harvests, houses and shared channels.

Back of Tiwizi Hands: the Tiwizi (twiza) mutual aid tradition, how a note would work, and the traits of Noun #54 — Back · the tradition

Security Edition v2

The same note set like a banknote: full engraved portrait of Noun #54, guilloche, watermark, thread, foil stripe and microtext, all printed art. What's on it

Security Edition front of Tiwizi Hands: a line-engraved portrait of the full actual Noun #54 in a guilloche oval beside a watermark window, thread and holographic-look stripe — Security Edition · front

Security Edition back of Tiwizi Hands: a color medallion of Noun #54 in a guilloche rosette, with the note's story — Security Edition · back

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The tradition · centuries-old; ongoing

Tiwizi (twiza) mutual aid

Tiwizi, from the Amazigh word for cooperation, is a centuries-old Maghrebi custom of pooling labour for harvests, house-building and shared irrigation; Moroccan groups still organise it.

Source: Twiza: Activating a Maghrebian tradition of cooperation and mutual aid (DVV International) ↗

How a note would work

Hands are earned by joining a group job, such as a harvest, a roof or a channel clean-up, and spent when your household needs a crew. They are never bought or cashed out.

Design concept inspired by this tradition, not issued by or for the people who keep it. Not legal tender, not for sale, no cash value, no redemption and no investment rights.

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PlaceAtlas villages, Morocco
Eracenturies-old; ongoing
RegionAfrica & the Middle East
UnitHand · Hands
Face value10 Hands
SerialGB-G004-N0054
NounActual Noun #54 ↗
Why this NounA shared work day runs until the sun sets over the Atlas, so tiwizi gets the sunset.
Headsunset
Glassessquare frog green
Bodyslimegreen
Accessorydinosaur
Seedbg 0 · body 26 · acc 45 · head 201 · glasses 6