Ebony beads inlaid silver, carnelian, old glass beads, cotton. The chaplet is worn as necklace or as bracelet, but it’s also instrument of prayer, similar to the rosary. 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 necklace is cm. 62,0 in lenght (24.41″). These necklaces are made of raffia palm fiber. The palette of yellow, red and black is derived from plant roots, leaves and minerals.
Mid 20th century. Metal disks (symbol of the sacred bread), glass beads on leather. Each piece is approx. cm. 7 high x cm. 10,5 width (2.76" x 4.13"); grams 57,4 (2.02 oz.). For similar examples, see page 176 of "Bijoux du Maroc", by Jacques and Marie-Rose Rabaté. The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also...
Mid 20th century. Silver and Carnelian – gr. 11,8 (0.41 oz.); cm. 3,5 high x cm. 3,3 width (1.37 " x 1.29"); inner diameter cm. 1,8 (0.70 inches). US size 7.5. 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...
Mid 20th century. Hand wrought iron. Cm. 6,1 high x cm. 2,3 width (2.40″ x 0.91″); grams 9,6 (0.34 oz.). “The Turkana are the finest fighting men in East Africa”, so, without so many preambles, Mr. Crampton defined his subjects when he was appointed a politacal officer in Turkanaland. He...
Early 20th century. Bronze, lost-wax casting. Grams 188,1 (6.64 oz.). Cm. 5,3 high x 5,8 width (2.09″ x 2.28"); inner diameter cm. 5,0 (1.97″). The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many of the Lobi migrated into southern Burkina Faso and later...
Each bead is handmade. Terracotta beads (diameter from cm 2,0 to cm 2,5 - very resistant) and glass beads. The necklace is cm. 24,5 in lenght (9.65"); grams 151,7 (5.35 oz.). The Senufo people are an ethnolinguistic group of West Africa. They consist of several subgroups that live in a region that...
Numbers 100 bone whale beads; diameter cm. 1,0 (0.39"). The tasbih is cm 64,0 in length (25.20"). Grams 123,0 (4.34 oz.). Perfect conditions. 1214
Leather, iron beads. Cm. 17,0 high x cm. 12,5 width. Grams 1992. The Himba (or OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples living in northern Namibia, in the Kunene Region (formerly Kaokoland) and on the other side of the Kunene River in Angola. The Himba are considered the last (semi-) nomadic, pastoralist people...
1960'. Silver – gr. 17,3 (0.61 oz.); cm. 5,4 high x cm. 2,5 width (2.12 " x 0.98"); inner diameter cm. 2,2 (0.86 inches). US size 10.75. 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...
