Morocco · Metalwork / Blacksmithing (jewelry-specific, distinct from CRAFT-2382's household-object engraving tradition)
Tizerzai (the triangular fibula brooch); the wider silversmithing craft has no single standard Arabic/Tamazight name across sources
The casting, hammering, chiseling, and filigree engraving of silver jewelry — most iconically the large triangular fibula brooch (tizerzai) used by Amazigh women to fasten garments — centered in Tiznit, Morocco's historic silver capital. The craft was established and long dominated by Jewish silversmiths who settled in Tiznit from the early 1500s, working within a dedicated quarter of the medina; when Morocco's Jewish community substantially emigrated in the 20th century, Muslim Amazigh craftsmen continued the tradition, preserving techniques including fine silver-wire filigree and niello (black inlay) decoration passed through generations on both sides of that transmission.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Not independently inscribed; related to Morocco's broader metal-engraving element (CRAFT-2382) but distinct in community history and specific technique focus
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