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can`t help, just wanted to say how great i find it.
Thank you Eva. Does anyone recognize the coins? I have found some pictures of the conical pendants in two books on Berber jewelry. They are attributed to the Ait Atta. There is so much old treasure packed into this, I'm having fun trying to identify all of it.
https://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/dades-valley-necklace
here is a link to a pic of the beads that the drops came from, these beads were often work over a scarf around the head. I associtate the style with ouarzazatte
S x
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lucernae-Nice-1-2-dirham-silver-coin-Morocc...
looks a little like one of these S x
Thank you Sarah!
this seems to be rather AIT SEDDRATE from around upper draa valley , typical of women strung necklaces who would gather tits and bits to make necklaces...
Coral here is of the rare thin branche, significantly old along with local silver ornaments as far reaching as the ait atta and daddes valley.
The coin to the right seems to be an old moroccan made in FES but the one the the left is definetely algerian from the ottoman era, another sign of oldishness, when ties between the two countries where very close and south algeria haven't surrendered yet to the french silver coins widespread up north by late 19th century