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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4501789, member: 2844"]It is a nice Moroccan necklace made for trade, so not tribal in the sense of traditional. I think it is 1960s-70s.</p><p>The beads are faux amber, possibly sourced from older necklaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is one of a pair of Moroccan Berber/Amazigh fibulas called 'tizerzai'. The triangular shape refers to the Goddess Tanith.</p><p>In ethnic jewellery terms these clothing fasteners are always called fibula, even if they are a penannular shape. Function over form.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Never brooch, which is considered purely decorative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is how Berber fibulas are worn, this is a huge pair, probably from the south. She doesn't look very happy, but her jewellery is stunning:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]394047[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://maisondelaphotographie.ma/produit/femme-berbere-circa-1950/?lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://maisondelaphotographie.ma/produit/femme-berbere-circa-1950/?lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://maisondelaphotographie.ma/produit/femme-berbere-circa-1950/?lang=en</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4501789, member: 2844"]It is a nice Moroccan necklace made for trade, so not tribal in the sense of traditional. I think it is 1960s-70s. The beads are faux amber, possibly sourced from older necklaces. It is one of a pair of Moroccan Berber/Amazigh fibulas called 'tizerzai'. The triangular shape refers to the Goddess Tanith. In ethnic jewellery terms these clothing fasteners are always called fibula, even if they are a penannular shape. Function over form.;) Never brooch, which is considered purely decorative. Below is how Berber fibulas are worn, this is a huge pair, probably from the south. She doesn't look very happy, but her jewellery is stunning: [ATTACH=full]394047[/ATTACH] [URL]https://maisondelaphotographie.ma/produit/femme-berbere-circa-1950/?lang=en[/URL][/QUOTE]
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