Old Berber Bracelet – Kabyle Tribe, Algeria

Early to mid 20th century. Silver, enamel grams 51,2 (1.81 oz.); diameter cm. 6,0 (2.36″); depth cm. 3,2 (1.26″).

The Kabyle people are a Berber ethnic group native to Kabylia in the north of Algeria, one hundred miles east of Algiers.

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 and culture which are, like their land, both African and Mediterranean.

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