Fine Tuareg Talisman – TCHEROT – Mali
1960'-1970'. Tribal metal on copper sheet, carnelian and glass rings (khroub) gr. 43,7 (1.54 oz.); cm. 7,5 high x cm. 9,5 width (2.95” x 3.74"). In the Tuareg language (Tamahaq), the literal sense of the word “Tcherot” means “letter”, “message” or “paper on which something is written”. The word Tcherot is used in Niger, while these talismans are...