Description

Old Berber coral beads from Morocco.
Each strand has well matched branch coral beads, in colours of deep orange and red.
Coral from the Mediterranean sea is valued for its beauty and amuletic properties.
Traditional Berber adornment incorporates coral beads along with silver, amazonite and amber.
These old beads have a rich patina of age and wear.

Lengths of strands: 25cm and 62cm
Weight: 68g

About the BERBER
The Berbers, also known as the Amazigh, are an indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. Their history stretches back thousands of years-long before the Arab expansion and the rise of Islam in the 7th century CE.
The Berber population spreads across: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya.
In Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, the Tuareg ethnic group is mainly made up of nomadic Berbers.