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  Sigrid van Roode August 17, 2011 at 7:41am

  Hi Kim!

  These two look like Kabyle adwir or ibzimen to me, so from Algeria. These were used on the headdress for example and are usually mounted on a French silver coin. I do not know if the also occur in Morocco, but perhaps Sarah and Ayis can shed more light on that?
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  Patricia Deany August 17, 2011 at 11:02am

  These appear to be Kabyle from Algeria
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  kim price August 17, 2011 at 3:30pm

  thank you Patricia and Sigrid.  Do you have any idea of age? Also the other is not on a coin, they weren't exclusively on coins were they?
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  Alaa eddine SAGID August 17, 2011 at 4:09pm

  fibulas of this shape and use are usually made using old french francs coins

   

  All the one i saw so far were made this way as well as the round pendants used on famous jabyle necklaces...coins enamel and set wil coral cabachons
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  Patricia Deany August 17, 2011 at 5:40pm

  I have ones that are made from coins and ones that are not made from coins. Insofar as age, others can answer better than I, maybe fifty, sixty years, although that is only a guess.
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  ait ouakli March 14, 2012 at 3:21pm

  this one is complet,nothing changed. nice piece too
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  ait ouakli March 14, 2012 at 3:24pm

  we call them: 1 piece Tabzimt,more tibzimin ( small pieces )

   1 piece: abzim. more pieces : ibzimen ( big ones )

  but hier, fibula or fibel  :-)