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 (Amazigh)
The Berbers, or Amazigh, are the indigenous people of North Africa.

Their history dates back thousands of years—long before the Arab expansion and the rise of Islam in the 7th century CE.

Berber communities are spread across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
In parts of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, nomadic Berber groups are known as the Tuareg.