Post Date: 10 March 2020
Antique Pair Berber Fibulae – TIZERZAI – Spanish Silver Coins, North Morocco
Early 20th century. Silver. Spanish silver coins (50 Cent Peso – Isabel II – 1868). Each fibulae is approx. cm 12,0 x cm. 4,2 (2.99″ x 1.18″). Gr. 95,3 (0.68 oz).
Essential feminine embellishment, the tizerzai are taken in pairs to close the coat.
For more information and similar examples: “Tiserai – The Fibule Au Maroc”, by Ileana Marchesani, Franco D’Alessandro and Meriem Otmani – Edition Sicopa.