Mid 20th century. Silver, gr 17,0 (0.60 oz) - cm. 8,9 x 5,8 (3.50” x 2.28”). What is the history of the Tuareg Cross? What is its origin? What is its significance? It’s impossible to give definitive and unambiguous answers: we are in Africa, where everything is always true and possible. According to the “official collection” of...
Tuareg Tisek ring (silver and agate) on leather gris-gris. Cm. 4,3 high x cm. 3,8 width in lenght (1.69" x 1.50"). Grams 14,5 (0.51"). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended from the ancient Libyan people of...
White metal, glass beads. Grams 52,7 (1.86 oz). The Bagzan cross is cm. 11,1 x 6,7 (4.37” x 2.64”); the necklace is cm. 40,0 long (15.75"). The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their whole existence, difficult and precarious, is dominated by an...
White metal, glass beads. Grams 72,3 (2.55 oz). The Tabélot cross is cm. 11,3 x 5,2 (4.45” x 2.05”); the necklace is cm. 47,5 long (18.70). The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their whole existence, difficult and precarious, is dominated by an...
1970'. Leather, silver Tahoua cross, grams 18,8 (0.66 oz). Each cross is cm. 7,3 x 5,0 (2.87” x 1.97”). The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their whole existence, difficult and precarious, is dominated by an overriding concern to protect and defend themselves from...
White metal, glass beads grams 79,6 (2.81 oz). The cross is cm. 14,4 x 8,1 (5.67” x 3.19”). The necklace is cm. 54,0 long (21.26") The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their whole existence, difficult and precarious, is dominated by an overriding concern...
Mid 20th century. The silver Agadez cross is cm 10,7 high x cm. 7,5 width (4.21" x 2.95"). Grams 49,0 (1.72 oz). The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their whole existence, difficult and precarious, is dominated by an overriding...
1960-1970. Silver, grams 8,3 (0.29 oz) - cm. 6,7 x 4,1 (2.63” x 1.61”). The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their whole existence, difficult and precarious, is dominated by an overriding concern to protect and defend themselves from hostile...
Mid 20th century. Silver, gr 17,5 (0.61 oz) - cm. 8,8 x 4,5 (3.46” x 1.77”). Piece decorated on both sides. The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their whole existence, difficult and precarious, is dominated by an overriding concern...
Leather, shell, Agadez Cross (silver). The talisman is cm. 11,2 x cm. 5,2 (4.40" x 2.04"). Grams 47,0 (1.65"). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended from the ancient Libyan people of the kingdom...
