Old Berber pectoral Silver Moroccan Coins - North Morocco / parure argent Maroc

Description

Berber silver coins pectoral, Morocco / Parure berbère en argent (chaine et monnaies en argent poinçonnés 835/1000)
Pectoral made of high-grade silver coins and chain (835/1000) and glasses beads, from the Middle Atlas in Morocco.
From first half of XXth century.
Coins date : 1299 to 1332 / 1881 -1914 / 5 Dirhams - 2 1/2 Dirhams - 1/2 Dirhams
Dimensions :
Heigth : 27 cm / 
Width : 25 cm / Diameter of the biggest coins: 30 mm.
Total weight : 322 gr
Reference :
“Bijoux du Maroc” Jacques and Marie-Rose Rabaté, Edisud 1996.
Maroccan silver coins date from 1881-1882 (1299 in the Islamic calendar). Wonderful rare and almost complete piece (Two small coins are missing and 10 glasses beads). For a similar example, see p. 246 of “Africa Adorned”, by Angela Fischer. 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.