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Ultra rare gold south moroccan pendant

Posted by Alaa eddine SAGID on January 4, 2013 at 11:47am
This is a moorish southern cross embellished with pendants. Usually this is a pendant worn by south morocco jews strung with coral beads or sometimes with fresh water pearls when the jews had contacts with north morocco. somewhere from around the draa valley
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  • Alaa eddine SAGID January 4, 2013 at 10:24pm

    this is a rare opportunity to get a sample of a gold one as the silver ones are much more common

  • Ethnic Embellishments January 5, 2013 at 3:13am

    Lovely, I'm assuming that it is not stamped, which would be similar to the pieces in silver; rural, not urban.

  • Alaa eddine SAGID January 8, 2013 at 11:09am

    Thanx Hillary,

    it is indeed rural in origin but the triangle shaped side pendants which are obviously made following an urban technique are different from the others and magic magic....they do bear hallmarks!!!

    possible later replacement of a too much rural pendant such as coral or carnelian by a a freshly migrating saharan jew to a northerly city where these beads were not fashionable!!

  • SARAH CORBETT January 8, 2013 at 11:21am
    Congratulations Ayis nice find.
  • Eva Baby January 8, 2013 at 8:13pm

    Never seen a golden Moorish or South Moroccon Cross like this! Unbelievable that it exists, I really had to rub  my eyes. It is beautiful!!!!!

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