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Old Moorish/Berber Hinged Bracelet – MIZAM – Mauritania/South Morocco

$ 205.89

Availability: 100 in stock
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    Description

    Old Moorish/Berber Hinged Bracelet – MIZAM – Mauritania/South Morocco
    Mid 20th century. Silver. Gr. 100,8 (3.55 oz.); diameter cm. 9,0 (3.54″), inner diameter cm. 5,7 (2.24
    ″).
    For similar examples:
    “Spledeurs du Maroc”, Africa Museum, Tervuren (p. 329);
    “Africa Adorned”, by Angela Fisher (p. 220);
    “Bijoux du Maroc”, Jacques et Marie-Rose Rabaté (p. 191);
    “A Word of Bracelets”, by Anne van Cutsem, Skira (p. 34).
    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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