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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 593432, member: 2844"]The styles look related, but Moroccan Berbers never use Indian coins and mango dangles.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> They use classic Moroccan coins, which are centred when struck, and with the Moroccan star and Arabic script.</p><p>Berber jewellery generally has a higher silver content, and the coral-like beads would be genuine Mediterranean red coral. When they use translucent red glass, it is usually rose cut faceted, so with the pointy side up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 593432, member: 2844"]The styles look related, but Moroccan Berbers never use Indian coins and mango dangles.;) They use classic Moroccan coins, which are centred when struck, and with the Moroccan star and Arabic script. Berber jewellery generally has a higher silver content, and the coral-like beads would be genuine Mediterranean red coral. When they use translucent red glass, it is usually rose cut faceted, so with the pointy side up.[/QUOTE]
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