Producer unknown to us
Necklace (azrar)
Africa, Algeria, Great Kabylia
20th century
Silver, enamel, coral
Ümit Bir (gynaecologist) acquired the necklace in Algiers, Algeria, on May 4, 1989
On permanent loan from the Dr. Bir Collection Foundation
SB 1400
This piece was probably reassembled from old elements.
Gynaecologist Ümit Bir (1929–2014) gathered most of his collection on several trips from Marocco to India from the 1960s to the 1990s. Unfortunately, we still do not know the exact circumstances of the acquisition of this object. Since 2004, the collection has been on permanent loan to the museum from the Dr. Bir Collection Foundation.
Jan König