Berber Palm Tree Necklace, Sterling Silver Tribal Tattoo Jewelry

Berber palm tree necklace is hand-carved in sterling silver. This pendant is a tribal tattoo motif, a stylized tree symbol. Traditional tattoo art of the indigenous world is dying with the last practitioners passing away and it is very important to document this form of art before it vanishes. To preserve and cherish the tribal ink art, I started to create a collection (Vanishing Tattoos Collection) which will cover indigenous tattoo motifs from all over the world. These motifs as they are talismans in skin, they will continue to live as talismans in brass, silver or gold. Berbers, a tribe from North Africa, still conserving some of their animistic ideas, believe that tattoos possess sacred energy of Baraka, the supernatural presence in them. Berber palm tree motifs were generally inked on the chin and symbolized fertility, the origin of the symbol said to be the Carthaginian goddess Tanit, connected to goddess Ishtar (Hellen Astarte and Roman Caelestis).

The symbols I worked for the Vanishing Tattoos Collection so far are Berber palm tree marking, Croatian fir tree motif and Indian plantain tree design. You can see them all together in the last photo.

Pendant is 1.89 inch x 1.14 inch (4.8 cm x 2.9 cm).

You can order with or without sterling silver chain, please let me know your choice of length:
15.7 inch (40 cm), 19.6 inch (50 cm) or 23.6 inch (60 cm)

If the chain length is not specified as a note with the order or a message after the order, the default length which will be sent is the medium one [19.6 inch (50 cm)].
{If you need extra chain, for your other pendants, I can open a listing for you. Please message me.}