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Berber Fibulae – TIZERZAI – Rif Mountains, Morocco

Posted by Liuba Berti - AMAZIGH on December 29, 2012 at 11:36am

Silver gr. 526,7

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Chantal December 29, 2012 at 12:03pm

Absolutely splendid. A masterpiece.
Chantal December 29, 2012 at 12:04pm

And the silver weight of them.................
Jose M. Pery December 29, 2012 at 1:50pm

Wow!!
Chantal December 29, 2012 at 2:52pm

Looks like fibulae from the Rif and a Ait Atta chain/haeddress...........(But am no expert of course, maybe wrong.)
Patricia Deany December 29, 2012 at 3:05pm

The fibs look like ones that are used on complete Rif sets but they also look Ait Hadidou to me and I don't think that those places are near each other , although, I have seen these before attributed to the Rif. Usually they are accompanied, however, by a totally different center piece. Much like Ayis's set here.
Ethnic Embellishments December 29, 2012 at 8:03pm

The bottom chain section looks like a combination of head ornaments, Kharab earring pieces, and kitab pendants.
SARAH CORBETT December 29, 2012 at 9:07pm

The chains look like haddhidhu / serrouchen headdress elements , they are a heavier version of the Ait atta tasfift. the niello is also a feature which is particular to the headpieces from more northern origin than the draa.
Ayis, do you know if the name tasfift is used throughout Morocco for these?
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ait ouakli December 30, 2012 at 12:37am

tasfift means belt in Amazigh
ait ouakli December 30, 2012 at 9:45am

tisfifin is the plural of tasfift. is more pronociated tisfifin as tasfift because it is always more thinn pieces attached together.

tasfift, tisfifin. thin chaine/s with dangles,pendants... originary are made of wool or cotton

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