Moroccan Silver Amulet, Filigree Cylinder 1 inch Diamter by 3.5 inches Long
SKU: JSD-1413
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Description
- Antique Silver Amulet with dangles, found in Morocco, but may be more typical of Amazigh (Berber) people living in Tunisia.
- Through the ages Jewish and Muslims have often lived together in North Africa and some jewelry styles overlap as jewish silversmiths often served Muslim customers too.
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Some of the sun, moon and Hand of Fatima symbols on the dangles relate to Islam. Judaism and the older indigenous spirituality of Amazigh, making this a beautiful piece symbolically as well as practically
- Carrying scented herbs resins was a local tradition and I thought the ends of the cylinder might come off for this purpose, but they are soldered closed
- From the collection of Joyce Diamanti, world traveler, bead researcher, writer, editor and educator