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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 444534, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, that is typical of the North African Moorish style, which is far more intricate than the Berber style.</p><p>In North Africa &#039;Moors&#039; is generally the name for North Africans of Arab descent. They mainly lived in the towns and cities, hence the term city jewellery.</p><p>This one also has some European influence, in the cartouches around the stones. Tunisia, being essentially a coastal strip of land, has always had a lot of European influence, and many jewelers came from the centuries old Italian-Tunisian community. The maker&#039;s mark is in Latin script.</p><p>I like the mix of styles, a truly Mediterranean piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it does. With one of those double-folded pins, that locks behind a protrusion on the inside of the top closure tube, so it never falls out. It saves having to put a safety chain on the pin, better for the overall design. A Berber bracelet would have a single pin, often with a safety chain.</p><p>Not that I use it, the bracelet is just big enough to pass over my hand. It could have been worn over a sleeve.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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