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Tcherot TalismansOld Berber Talisman – KITAB – Morocco
89,95€Silver on brass box. Gr. 17,1 (0.60 oz.); cm. 3,9 high x cm. 3,3 width (1.54″ x 1.30″).
The Kitab has the form of a metal box (rectangle or square) and…
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Tuareg Cross
Beautiful Large Tuareg Silver Cross – ABALAK – Niger
Silver grams 44,3 (1.56 oz). Cm. 11,5 x 7,3 (4.53” x 2.87”).
The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara…
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Tuareg Cross
Old Fine Tuareg Cross – Zinder – Niger
89,95€Silver grams 25,8 (0.91 oz). Cm. 7,1 x 2,9 (2.28” x 1.14”).
The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara…
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Tuareg Cross
Fine Tuareg Cross – Barchakejà – Niger
Silver grams 7,7 (0.27 oz.). Cm. 5,5 x cm 4,4 (2.17″ x 1.73″).
The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the…
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Animist
Beautiful Ashanti Amulet – Elephant – Ghana
20th century. Brass grams 47,5 (1.68″). Cm. 4,1 high x cm. 5,4 width (1.61″ x 2.13″).
Ashanti, also known as Asante, are part of the Akan ethnic group and are native…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Snake + Leather Necklace – Burkina Faso
59,95€20th century. The snake amulet is cm. 12,1 high (4.76″); Gr. 44,8 (1.58 oz.). The leather necklace is cm. 56,5 in lenght (22.24″).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time;…
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Animist
Old Dinka Bone Amulet – South Sudan
59,95€Bone cm. 8,5 wide x 3,7 high (3.35″ x 1.46″); 19,3 grams (0.68 oz.).
The Dinka people are a Nilotic ethnic group native to South Sudan, but also having a sizable…
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Animist, Sculptures & Masks
A Yoruba Pair of Shrine Figures – Nigeria
Bronze. The female figure is cm. 8,9 high (3.50″); grams 82,7 (2.92 oz.); the male figure is cm. 9,2 high (3.62″); grams 88,4 (3.12 oz).
The Yoruba people are an African…
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Other Talismans
Extra Fine Old Tuareg Bella-Ikelan Amulet – Niger
Silver grams 11,7 (0.41 oz.); cm. 7,2 long x cm. 5,7 width (2.83″ x 2.24″) .
The Tuareg people have in the past had a highly socially stratified society, with specific…
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Animist
Fine Lobi Amulet – Crocodiles – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 6,7 high x cm. 6,0 width (2.64″ x 2.36″); Gr. 42,6 (1.50 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting…
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Other Adornement, Other Talismans
Old Tuareg Hoggar Talisman – TERAOUT – Algeria
115,00€Aluminum sheet engraved with typical Tuareg protection symbols on brass sheet; copper decorations; leather. Grams. 126,0 (4.44 oz.); cm. 20,0 high x cm. 15,0 width (7.87” x 5.91″).
These large embossed…
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Animist
Lobi Amulet – Chameleons – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 6,4 high x cm. 6,2 width (2.52″ x 2.44″); Gr. 43,7 (1.67 oz.).
Due to its physically mutating nature and adaptability, the Chameleon is a symbol of…
