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Old Pair Berber Fibulae – TIZERZAI – Tunisia / Lybia
$ 131.97
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Description
Old Pair Berber Fibulae – TIZERZAI – Tunisia / LybiaEarly to mid 20th century. Silver, traces of gilding.
Each fibulae is cm 11,6 x cm. 5,6 (4.57″ x 2.20″). Gr. 48,3 (1.70 oz).
Essential feminine embellishment,
the
tizerzai
are
taken
in pairs
to
close
the
coat.
Berbers
are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River.
The name
Berber
appeared for the first time after the end of the Roman Empire.
Many Berbers call themselves some variant of the word imazighen (singular:
Amazigh
), possibly meaning "free people" or "free and noble men”. Today, most Berber-speaking people live in Morocco and Algeria.
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