Tagmoute berber egg and vintage coins with Khamsa / Hand Of Fatima & Camel bone

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Tagmoute berber egg and vintage coin charms with Camel bone beads and Khamsa
hand of Fatima silver charm pendant.
Shipped with USPS First Class Package.
Massive tagmoute moroccan Berber Amazigh antique pendant and old vintage coin charms with Venetian glass details & carved Camel bone rondelle beads with large Moroccan Khamsa hand of Fatima charm.
Khamsa hamsa hand Of Fatima charm in center measures 2.25” in height by 2” in width approximately and has a Venetian red glass in the center.
There are two old vintage Moroccan coins with green and red Venetian glass details measuring approximately 1.5” in height.
The enameled tagmoute focal egg is huge and measures approximately 2” by 2” on its own and a massive 5” including the khamsa pendant and also has red and green Venetian glass details.
There are 2 Moroccan tagmoute enameled egg beads measuring approximately 1” by .80”.
There are 2 unique long cone vintage end beads measuring approximately 2” in length.
Large old silver hook clasp closure.
These are authentic exceptional bone disk beads made in Morroco North Africa from Authentic Camel Bone. The white ones are natural color while the slightly orange beads are dyed by the natural color of the Henna plant. Each bead has been individually shaped and polished with craftsmanship that you can really feel. I just love them! I only buy them when I go to Morocco so these are the only ones that I have for now until my next trip in August.
It’s handmade with genuine vintage materials.
This is a substantial necklace.
This is a very attractive and unique one of a kind Morrocan North African jewelry piece.
Berbers call themselves some variant of the word i-Mazigh-en (singular: a-Mazigh), possibly meaning "free people" or "noble men". The name probably had its ancient parallel in the Roman and Greek names for Berbers, Mazices.
The berber language (Tamazight) is one of the oldest languages of humanity. Nowadays, it is spoken by the people of North Africa , Egyptian oasis of Siwa and the Touaregs in the Sahara (desert).
From Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ (amaziɣ). From the active participle ⴰⵎ (am) and ⴰⵣⵉⵖ (aziɣ), whose meaning is unknown but is possibly related to "aze" ("to be strong" in Taznatit), or perhaps "jeɣeɣ" ("to be brave" in Tamasheq); z and j frequently swap out in The Berber are the indigenous people of North Africa, west of the Nile Valley. Many Berbers call themselves some variant of the word Imazighen(singular: Amazigh), possibly meaning "free people" or "free and noble men". The word has probably an ancient parallel in the Roman name for some of the Berber, "Mazices".
The name Berber comes from the name given to this people by the Romans, meaning barbarians. The history of the Berber people in northern Africa is both extensive and diverse. Their oldest ancestors settled in the East of Egypt.
Tagmoute egg is a classic silver enamelled egg bead. These beads were used in necklaces and fibula chains by Berber ladies, the egg of course symbolises fertility and new birth. The yellow and green enamel is made from venetian glass trade beads and is characteristically somewhat rough in execution.
An old Berber silver metal and enamel egg bead (Tagmoute) sourced in Ida ou Semlal in the Western Anti Atlas in Southern Morocco. Among the Berber the egg is a symbol of fertility, as life comes from it. Hand made in the first half of the 20th century, with enameling in blue, yellow and red. This would typically be worn at the center of linked fibulae or on necklaces. The repeated eye design is believed to be a strong protective element for the wearer.
The Khamsa, Hamsa or Hand Of Fatima is an ancient Middle Eastern amulet symbolizing the Hand of God. In all faiths it is a protective sign. It brings its owner happiness, luck, health, and good fortune. The Khamsa hand has a wide variety of different spellings which includes hamesh, hamsa, chamsa, and khamsa and hand of Fatima.