Sidamo Beaded Necklace – Southern Ethiopia

Glass beads, old bronze disck on leather. Cm 44,0 in lenght (17.32"). The talisman is cm. 19,0 high x 13,7 width (7.48" x 5.39"); Gr. 182,0 (6.42 oz.). The Sidama are an ethnic Cushitic people traditionally inhabiting the Sidama Zone of the Southern Ethiopia. They speak the Sidamo language, which is a language of...

Old Fine Chaplet – 99 beads – Tasbih – Morocco

Early to mid 20th century. Wood. Cm 50,0 in length (19.69"); 99 beads diameter approx. cm. 1,9 (0.75); gr. 114,8 (4.05 oz.). The chaplet is worn as necklace or as bracelet, but it's also instrument of prayer, similar to the rosary. Berber - Amazigh Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from...