Old Large Berber Bracelet - Sun and Crescent - Siwa Oasis, Egypt

Description

Old Large Berber
Bracelet - Sun and Crescent -
Siwa Oasis, Egypt
Mid 20th century.
Stamped solid 800 silver
gr. 254,7 (8.98 oz). Width at the center cm. 5,7 (2.24"), width at the ends cm. 10,1 (3.97"), inner diameter cm. 7,8 (3.07").
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.
Their myths, legends and history span 9,000 years, back to the Proto-Mediterraneans. They have achieved unity by keeping up their unique language and culture which are, like their land, both African and Mediterranean
.
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