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Vintage Butterscotch Berber Moroccan Necklace
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Jewelry of the Berber cultures is a historical style of traditional jewelry that was worn by women mainly in rural areas of the Maghreb region in North Africa and inhabited by indigenous Berber people. Following long social and cultural traditions, Berber or other silversmiths in Morocco, Algeria and neighbouring countries created intricate jewelry with distinct regional variations. In many towns and cities, there were Jewish silversmiths, who produced both jewelry in specific Berber styles as well as in other styles, adapting to changing techniques and artistic innovations.
Handing their jewelry on from generation to generation, as a visual element of the Berber ethnic identity, women maintained this characteristic cultural tradition as part of their gender-specific adornments. As Berber communities have been most numerous in Morocco, compared with Algeria and even smaller communities in Tunisia or other geographic locations, the numbers and varieties of their ethnic jewelry correspond to these demographic patterns.
Berber jewelry was usually made of silver and includes elaborate triangular plates and pins, originally used as clasps for garments, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and similar items. During the second part of the 20th century, the tradition of Berber jewelry was gradually abandoned in favour of different styles of jewelry made of gold. Just as other items of traditional rural life like carpets, costumes or ceramics, Berber jewelry has entered private and public collections of North African artefacts.
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- Date of Manufacture:1950
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Maywood, NJ
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