They are generally a silver color but are never pure silver—they are made of alloys.
Red and orange are highly present in these jewelry items in accordance with ancient
Berber outfits and costumes. The efforts in tone shading can, on the one hand here also,
highlight the ethnic pendant. On the other hand, it gives the wearer the opportunity
to draw attention to her outfit in playing with color…

In this category of jewelry you can also see crosses whose origins often extended beyond the northwestern region of African to come back down towards Ethiopia, Niger, etc., from where the “desert cross” has its most ancient origins.

This jewelry symbolizes WIND.

This calls to mind nomads, caravans, the silk and spice route, etc.