Outstanding Old Large Chaplet – Tasbih – Ebony Beads Silver Inlaid – Mauritania - Amazigh Ethnic Jewelry

Ebony, silver inlaid, agate, carnelian, glass and resing beads, cotton. The tasbih is cm 45,0 in length (17.72"); the piece is approx. cm 130,0 in length (51.18"); grams 196,8 (77.48 oz.). Beads diameter approx cm. 1,0. The chaplet is worn as necklace or as bracelet, but it's also instrument of prayer, similar to the rosary. 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…

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Roman Empire

Siwa Oasis