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Earrings
Old Fine Berber Earrings – Ida Ou Semlal Tribe – Western Anti Atlas, Morocco
50,00€Early to mid 20th century. Silver, niello decorations grams 8,4 (0.30 oz); cm. 7,6 high x cm. 2,2 width (2.99″ x 0.87”).
The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original…
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Other Objects
Old Fine Islamic Chiselled Hammam Bowl – Yemen
Old Fine Islamic Chiselled Hammam Bowl – Yemen
Early 20th century. White metal, brass. Diameter cm. 14,0 (5.51″); cm. 6,4 high (2.51″); grams 289,6 (10.21 oz.).
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Bracelets & Anklets
Antique Bedouin Bracelet – Yemen – Outstanding Piece
End 19th century. Silver grams 247,5 (1.82 oz.); diameter cm. 10,3; inner diameter x 6,3 width (3.30″ x 3.14″).
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Snakes – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 5,8 high x 10,0 width (2.28″ x 3.940″); Gr. 70,3 (2.48 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
For more information and similar examples, “Bronzes gan…
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Animist
Dogon Talisman – SUN – Mali
Bronze. Cm. 8,5 high x 7,0 width (3.35″ x 2.76″). Gr. 101,7 (3.59 oz.).
Metal works like this Dogon Sun Talisman is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This…
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Bracelets & Anklets
Old Fine Berber Bracelet – Chiselled Silver – North Morocco
Mid 20th century. Silver. Grams 26,3 (0.93 oz.); diameter cm. 7,7 (3.03″), inner diameter cm. 6,2 (2.44″).
The Imazighen (singular Amazigh) also known as the Berbers are among the original peoples…
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Animist
Lobi Bronze Amulet – Turtle – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 10,0 high x 4,2 width (3.94″ x 1.65″); Gr. 53,6 (1.99 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many of the Lobi…
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FibulaeAntique Pair Berber Fibulae – TIZERZAI – Mogador (Essaouira), Morocco
279,95€End 19th century; early 20th century. Sterling silver gr. 121,2 (4.28 oz). Each fibula measures cm. 15,0 high x cm. 10,4 (5.91″ x 4.09”) width.
Essential feminine embellishment, the tizerzai are taken in pairs to close the coat. Their weight, size and the fineness of the workmanship indicate the social status of the… -
Animist
Lobi Bronze Amulet – Chameleons – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 5,9 high x 7,7 width (2.32″ x 3.03″); Gr. 42,4 (1.50 oz.).
Due to its physically mutating nature and adaptability, the Chameleon is a symbol of wisdom. Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed…
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Boghdad Crosses
Old Fine Berber Cross – BOGHDAD – South Morocco
1960-70′. Silver, enamel, glass beads, leather (gr. 66,7 – 2.35 oz.). The necklace is cm. 32,0 in lenght (12.6″). The Boghdad Cross is cm. 6,5 x 5,5 (2.56″ x 2.17″). Fine work.
Berbers are the indigenous…
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Boghdad Crosses
Old Fine Berber Cross – BOGHDAD – South Morocco
1970′. Silver (gr. 39,5 – 1.39 oz.). Size: cm. 6,3 x 5,0 (2.48″ x 1.97″). Fine work.
Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa…
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Weapons
Old CHAMBA Ritual Sword – Northern Cameroon
Early 20th century. Cm. 65,0 high x 15,2 width (25.59 x 5.98 Inches); grams 988 (34.85 oz.).
The Chamba people have their own particular religious beliefs known as the Chamba religion.
The…
