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Mizam and knobbly bangles

Posted by Betty on November 26, 2015 at 1:19pm
I have been drooling over pics of such wonderful knobbly bracelets for a long time, and within time was lucky to acquire a few of them. The bottom piece is also Saharan as IDed by Hillary on EJRS on fb.
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Tags: Mauritania, Morocco, Saharan, South, bracelet, mizam, silver
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  • Tesori Orientali November 26, 2015 at 3:08pm

    Dear Betty…beautiful pieces!!!

    I have a similar to the bottom one …my dealer in Morocco says is from Tata…in the south...

    Kisses….Angelo2506034432?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

  • Chantal November 26, 2015 at 3:30pm

    Lovely arangements and beautifu lbracelets

  • Betty November 26, 2015 at 4:22pm

    Thank you Chantal and Angelo.

    Angelo, is yours also rather large? Mine is actually hinged. If I get time I'll post a separate pic later ...

  • Tesori Orientali November 26, 2015 at 4:32pm

    Betty …is 3 inches wide total  …maybe 2/34 inner diameter …it's not with me ..it is in my house in Italy

    sometime when i;m in italy i tell the seller to ship there ..mostly if they come from europe ..or in this case from morocco  …cheaper shipping costs…then to USA

    Kisses

  • Peter Hoesli November 27, 2015 at 7:20am

    These are great bracelets Betty - and a very beautiful photo! With kind regards. Peter

  • Betty November 27, 2015 at 11:23am

    Thank you Peter. I love them a lot and wear them very often. I have one more mid-sized mizam coming plus a lovely Saharan necklace with small silver beads, tine pendants and differently coloured agate (my Christmas gift to myself :)). Kind regards, Betty

  • Thelma November 27, 2015 at 1:11pm

     Beautiful photo of these lovely bracelets, Betty. They look magnificent together. A real eyecatcher.

  • ingrid Langerak November 29, 2015 at 8:39am

    Hi Betty, a lovely collection and so wearable.  Good thing to cuddle yourself sometimes.  GR. Ingrid.

  • Betty November 29, 2015 at 11:45am

    Thank you Thelma and Ingrid. There is actually a lovely story of how I got the first one of these bracelets (the large piece). I bid on ebay on a much simpler bangle version without a hinge. The price was very good, so I thought I can risk buying it even I was not sure it was big enough for me to wear.  When I got the package, much to my surprise and delight, I found this piece! I had been looking for one that was affordable for a long time. I still contacted the seller about the confusion (I was a bit worried he might want to have it back), but he just answered slightly grumpily that this was the only piece he had left. Sometimes you get more that you bargain for!

  • ingrid Langerak November 29, 2015 at 1:40pm

    Betty  a god story, he happy because you didn't argue and you because luck was with you.  Great feeling and happy ending. Gr. Ingrid.

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