French name "Tête de Maure"

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heraldic charge symbol

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tête de Maure	0

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heraldic charge ⓘ symbol ⓘ
appearsIn	municipal coats of arms ⓘ noble family coats of arms ⓘ
appearsOn	Corsican flag ⓘ Sardinian flag (Four Moors) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Moor's head NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasColor	black ⓘ brown ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	Christian–Muslim conflicts in the Mediterranean ⓘ European colonial history ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName	French ⓘ
hasNameInFrench	Tête de Maure NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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

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