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Posted by: karavanserai Post Reply
08/22/2018, 11:16:32

Hello, thank you for tuning in. I need your help with these.

These are not my beads but from someone who just came back from Burkina Faso where he bought them as 'glass' beads collected in Mali. After some investigation he came to the conclusion they are not glass and suspects they might be 'faience'.

The holes are very small and not possible to look into them. The largest beads are about 26 mm with a diameter of 14 to 16 mm.

Has anyone seen similar beads with similar colours? Does anyone know the origin of these beads, which period, which material.

Thank you!
Martine

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08/22/2018, 11:17:03

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Posted by: floorkasp Post Reply
08/23/2018, 01:44:08

From what I know, they are recent production from Morocco. They are some type of hand formed pottery, and they usually come in colors of popular materials in Northern and Western Africa: coral, amazonite, lapis lazuli.

You see them quite a bit on the modern replica 'berber necklaces' for the tourist trade.



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Posted by: karavanserai Post Reply
08/23/2018, 08:49:35

Thank you Floor. Yes! I thought they were familiar somehow .Doing a Google search for new Moroccan Jewels , I find pictures like the one below. Exactly the same colours and shape. The texture is the only thing I can't really relate to, but I guess if you leave these beads to the natural elements they might end up like that.
Thanks again.

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made by the 'Oulad Jallal'
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Posted by: karavanserai Post Reply
09/03/2018, 05:14:35

After Floor identified the beads I asked my friend in Morocco if he could tell us more about the origin and this is the answer:

"These are made by the Arab tribe 'Oulad Jallal' from the ‘Spanish Sahara ‘ who often settled in the Berber region, between Taroudant and Assa. The small hamlet Oulad Terma, where almost all the artisans live, is near Taroudant. They are counterfeit masters, especially amber but also old daggers, spectacular fibulae or headdresses. Also more and more old simple doors. They also decorate new suitcases adding patina in a traditional way which they sell then as antiques. They also make all kinds of beads: they copy the old ones but also constantly invent new kinds"

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