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Berber jewelry usually
sterling silver enriched with niello-work,
enamel, engraving, repousse and
semi-precious stones, the colors of which have a symbolic meaning.
Necklaces of huge amber beads, held to have protective properties,
were in the past traded all the way from the Baltic. Now, they are
often made of plastic or copal resin from Mauritania...
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