Early 20th century – Silver, enamel, glass, old silver coins gr 249,3 (8.79 oz). The piece is approx. cm. 38,5 high x cm. 36,0 width (15.15″ x 14.17″). The central talisman is cm. 10,1 high x cm. 8,0 width (3.97″ x 3.14″). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are...
Early 20th century – Silver, enamel, glass, old silver coins gr 249,3 (8.79 oz). The piece is approx. cm. 38,5 high x cm. 36,0 width (15.15″ x 14.17″). The central talisman is cm. 10,1 high x cm. 8,0 width (3.97″ x 3.14″). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are...
Silver gr. 85,6 (3.02 oz); cm. 4,5 high x cm. 4,8 width (1.77” x 1.89"). Inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.79"); US size 9.0. These rings were used by men and women, like hair decorations, necklaces, pendants, rings for fingers and currency. Jewels are also a form of savings, available in times of economic crisis in nomadic society.
Mid 20th century. Silver, enamel, niello decorations, old amber beads, old glass beads. The headband is cm. 87,0 in length (34.25"); the decorated part is cm. 27,5 (10.83"). The central talisman is cm. 8,0 x cm. 5,2 (3.15" x 2.05"). Grams 88,8 (3.60 oz.). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known...
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. Shells (tafoun), agate, carnelian and glass beads. Old boghdad cross (gilden copper). Approx. cm. 19,0 width x cm. 6,5 high (7.48" x 2.56"); gr. 127,8 (4.51 oz.). Before performing the dance of seduction (guedra), mauritanian women wear a parure embellished with different amulets. You can see a similar piece on: page...
Velvet, gilded wood elements. Cm. 12,5 high (4.92"); diameter approx. cm. 21,0 width (8.27"). The Anyi people (or Agnis) are an Akan subgroup of southwest Ghana and southeast Ivory Coast. The Anyi people are a subgroup of the Akan, originally from Ghana, who fled from the Ashanti subgroup to their current...
Old Fine Berber Headband – Tiznit, South Morocco Early to mid 20th century. Silver, enamel, old silver Morocco coins . The headband is cm. 97,5 in length (38.39"); the decorated part is cm. 26,5 (10.43"). Grams 135,4 (4.78 oz.). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the...
Early to mid 20th century. Aluminium rings in braided leather, grams 84,8 (2.99 oz.); cm. 35,0 high x cm. 3,4 width (13.78″ x 1.34″). 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...
Early to mid 20th Century. Glass beads, num. 39 old silver coins 1/2 Dirham Morocco - AH 1299 (1881). The decorated part of the headband is cm. 25,0 long x cm. 4,0 high (9.84 "x 1.57"). Gr. 85,0 (3.00 oz.). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are...
