1950′. Silver filigree, pink coral. The pendant (kirdam) it's cm. 10,0 high x cm 6,5 (3.94" x 2.56"). The silver chain is recent (nice Italian manufacture) and is 45,0 in lenght (17.72″); grams 42,2 (1.49 oz.). The pendant it's formed from 4 crescents moon. The crescent shape is used to represent the Moon,...
Mid 20th century. Metal. Cm. 9,3 width x cm. 8,5 high (3.66″ x 3.35″). The central talisman is cm. 4,9 x cm. 4,9 (1.93″ x 1.93″). Gr. 339,0 (11.96 oz.). These anklets are worn by Moorish women during the dance of Guedra. The Guedra is a ritual dance of love, performed...
Early to mid 20th century. Massive silver. gr. 284,4 (10.03 oz.); diameter cm. 7,9 (3.11″), inner diameter cm. 7,5 (2.95″). Berber - Amazigh 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...
Early 20th century - Silver, niello decorations gr 131,5 (4.63 oz); cm. 19,7 high (7.75”) x cm. 8,7 width (3.42”). These pieces are talismans of fertility and represent the nine moons of human gestation. The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths, legends and history...
1960′. Iron, leather, coins. Approx. cm. 22,0 high x cm. 11,5 width (8.66″ x 4.53”); grams 201,7 (7.11 oz). A cache-sexe, or pikuran, from the Kirdi people of Cameroon. The name of Kirdi – which in Arabic means non-Muslim – is attributed to the many ethnic groups, animist, of Sudanese origin,...
1970' - Silver grams 20,8 (0.73 oz); cm. 5,7 high x cm. 4,2 width (2.24" x 1.65"). In these earrings, the sign of the goddess Tanit, very ancient apotropaic symbol against misfortune and the evil eye. For the Carthaginians, Tanit was the goddess of fertility, love and pleasure, associated with...
Mid 20th century. Silver, real amber, coral, amazonite, 2 huge silver beads, shells, glass beads. With the silk stand, the necklace is cm. 70,0 in lenght (27.56"); grams 161,7 (5.70 oz.). Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt,...
1980'. Silver – grams 39,4 (1.39 oz.); cm. 4,7 high x cm. 2,2 width (1.85" x 0.87"); inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.79 inches). US size 8.75. The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended from the ancient Libyan people of the...
Early to mid 20th century – Silver, gilded silver (the two lateral hands of Fatima), red and green glass grams 159,4 (5.62 oz). The piece is approx. cm. 31,0 high x cm. 29,0 width (12.20″ x 11.42″). The central talisman has a diameter of cm. 6,2 (2.44″). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known...
Early to mid 20th century. Silver, enamel. Gr. 226,0 (7.97 oz.); diameter cm. 7,2 (2.83″), inner diameter cm. 6,7 (2.63″). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples of North Africa. Their myths. Legends and history span 9,000 years, back to the Proto-Mediterraneans. They have...
