Antique Berber Anklet - Meknes, Morocco

Description

Antique Berber Anklet - Meknes, Morocco
End 19th - early 20th century. Silver. Grams 237,0 (8.36 oz.).  diameter cm. 9,0 (3.54″); cm. 5,7 high (2.24
″).
For similar examples:
“Bijoux du Maroc”, Jacques et Marie-Rose Rabaté (p. 36-37, 47-48);
“A Word of Bracelets”, by Anne van Cutsem, Skira (p. 19).
T
he 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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