Ethnic Jewels

Massive Tuareg Cerimonial Ring – TISEK – Mali

1970'. Silver and carnelian – gr. 64,9 (2.28 oz.); cm. 7,0 high x cm. 4,9 width (2.75" x 1.92"). Inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.78"); US size 9.5. 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 the ancient Libyan people of...

Natural Amber – African Trade Beads – Collected Mali

Grams 156,3 (4.27 oz.). Beads diameter from cm. 1,5 to cm. 3,0. 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 achieved unity by keeping up their unique language...

Berber Necklace – Draa Valley, Morocco

Akka metal ring (cm. 7,7 high), khourb rings (agate - approx. high: cm. 4,7), metal and glass rings, metal rings. The necklace is cm. 51,0 long (20.07").  gr. 286,2 (10.09 oz.). Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from...

Berber Necklace – Guelmim Region, South Morocco

Large old glass bead, bakelite element, leather bone talismans, old glass beads, shells, braided leather. Approx. cm. 53,0 in lenght (20.86″); gr. 165,0 (5.82 oz.). Large old glass bead, bakelite element, leather bone talismans, old glass beads, shells, braided leather. Approx. cm. 53,0 in lenght (20.86"); gr. 165,0 (5.82 oz.). The Imazighen (singular Amazigh)...

Two Old Lip Plugs – Pokot – Uganda

Early 20th century. Bronze 1 - cm 3,4 high x cm. 2,7 width; grams 3, 2 - cm. 1,7 high x cm. 1,5 width; grams 9,8. The Pokot people live in West Pokot County and Baringo County in Kenya and in the Pokot District of the eastern Karamoja region in Uganda. They form a...

Pair Berber Fibulae – TIZERZAI – Khenifra, North Morocco

Early 20th century. Silver, coral, enamel, glass. Each fibulae is approx. cm 26,5 x cm. 5,8 (10.43" x 2.28"). Gr. 249,3 (8.79 oz). Essential feminine embellishment, the tizerzai are taken in pairs to close the coat. Beautiful pair. For more inform ation and similar examples: "Tiserai - The Fibule Au Maroc", by Ileana Marchesani, Franco D'Alessandro and...