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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 13167524, member: 2844&quot;]The cast brass bell bead is from Ghana, and it is likely that the entire necklace was assembled in Ghana, from locally made and trade beads. The shape of the brass &#039;saucer&#039; beads was probably inspired by Tuareg beads but they are made in Ghana.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it would.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea why you would say that, there is nothing Tunisian about this necklace at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tunisia has a lot of silver and gold work, often with filigree. It is a Mediterranean country with many Italian, Maltese and Jewish jewellery makers.</p><p>Jannie&#039;s necklace is classic sub-Sahara West African, not Mediterranean.</p><p><br /></p><p>Faturan and the &#039;Berber amber&#039; or &#039;Sahara amber&#039; made from plastic buckets are two very different materials, from two different parts of the world.</p><p>This bead bears no resemblance to either imo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, years ago I posted the story of Moroccan ladies melting plastic buckets to make faux amber as a fun fact, and to show that not all Moroccan yellow amber is in fact amber. Not as a way to &quot;identify&quot; a West African necklace as Tunisian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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