“Saadian Silver Pendants”

“Saadian Silver Pendants”A fine little array of rare hand fashioned silver pendants dating from the 16th century reign of the Saadian sultan Abu Marwan Al Mansur. Certain to be prized by any enthusiast of Moroccan history.

flattened and pierced at one end

the meeting of the opposite genders being the most favoured given the early indian origins of the shape where sexual questions are highly codified (Lingam/Yoni

The cradle of the Penca was understood to represent the ships that carried human cargo to the “New World”

Old rosaries and prayer beads strands from Senegal/Mali/Mauritania

Khamssa refers both to the number five and to the protective hand symbol seen throughout North Africa

and the pattern of five circular motifs alludes to the Five Pillars of Islam

a shift in smoking fashion mainly due to the introduction of cigaretts meant that these lovely tidbits were soon abandonned and their mysterious use naively attributed to a female khol applier

as an artefact of fine Amazigh jewellery-making

in good conditions

this old engraved silver amulet was a container for the foreskin of a circumcised young Jewish boy

the most famous being Idar oberstein

amuletic bead-strands comprised of silver