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Anyone able to confirm whether this is a tourist necklace?
Lynn, I would say that this was probably made for the tourist market, but is strung in the style of necklaces from the area. Necklaces strung for local use, sometimes by the women who wear them, are not so 'neat' or symmetrical. There's a varied mix of elements I think.
Alaa or Hillary or Sarah or Patti would be able to give you a better explanation.
This was made for a tourist but it was done before 1990's the ingredients are of a good quality and the Chinese and Indian imported glass beads took over from Venetian glass for tourist pieces mid 90's
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Thank you so much for the ID, Sarah and Preethi. Do you know what the green resin beads next to the coin pendants are? They appear hand shaped similar to the resin amber on this necklace. I really love them and would like to find more!
I recently got a new book and I was excited to see all of the components appearing on Berber women. Here is a woman from Bou Izakarn.
A woman from the oasis of Tarhjicht. She is wearing the coral glass beads, the buttons, the green plastic/resin beads, and the venetian beads.
Necklaces from the same region
The small coins are silver ..Lynn…and maybe the taggemout oval pendant
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Thank you Sarah! I enjoyed seeing the components used on Berber ladies. I really wish I could get a whole strand of the green beads.