Necklace with clothes pins and pendant

Chain with two clothes pins (fibulae) and a pendant. This pendant, in the middle of the necklace, represents the tomb of a marabout, a Muslim saint. It is believed that a blessing power (baraka) emanates from this tomb of a saint. The two clothes pins at the ends of the chain are in the shape of a turtle. Animal motifs such as these are often found in Amazigh jewellery and had a protective functio…