Old Fine Berber Necklace – Boghdad Cross – Silver and Coral – South Morocco

3 old silver Bogdad crosses, coral, old silver maroccan coins 1321 Hegira (1904) and 1329 Hegira (1911), glass beads, silk. The necklace has a length of 38,5 cm (15.16″); with the gray silk cords the total length is 70,0 cm (27.56″). Grams 71,3 (2.52 oz.).

Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. The name Berber appeared for the first time after the end of the Roman Empire.

Many Berbers call themselves some variant of the word imazighen (singular: Amazigh), possibly meaning “free people” or “free and noble men”. Today, most Berber-speaking people live in Morocco and Algeria.

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