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Hand of Fatima
Fine Tuareg Hand of Fatima – KHOMISSAR – Niger
Tribal metal alloy (silver low degree) on multiple layers of hide. Cm. 6,7 width x cm. 6,3 high (2.64″ x 2.48″). Gr. 22,7 (0.80 oz).
The Khomissar, in the form of…
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Hand of Fatima
Beautiful Large Hand of Fatima – KHAMSA – HAMESH – Tiznit, Morocco
249,95€Silver, enamel. Grams 79,3 (2.80 oz). The hand is cm. 11,9 high x cm. 7,7 width (4.69″ x 3.03”). The necklace is cm. 50,0 in length (19.69″).
The KHAMSA hand (Arabic)…
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Other Talismans
Old Sidamo Amulet – Southern Ethiopia
Mid 20th century. Copper cm. 3,6 high x 4,5 width (1.42″ x 1.77″); Gr. 40,7 (1.44 oz.).
The Sidama are an ethnic Cushitic people traditionally inhabiting the Sidama Zone of the…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – TORFAN – Burkina Faso
1970′. Bronze. Cm. 15,1 high (5.94″); Gr. 48,3 (1.70 oz.).
“The Torfan are spiritual entities that may have one or more heads (up to ten) and express themselves in different forms….
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Animist
Old Dogon Amulet – Mali
Bronze. Cm. 8,2 high (3.23″). Gr. 42,4 (1.50 oz.).
Metal works like this is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This kind of metal molding is made… -
Other Talismans
Old Large Berber Amulet – Ida Ou Nadif – Anti Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Silver, niello decorations, glass. Cm. 16,0 high x cm. 8,7 width (6.30″ x 3.70″); grams 47,1 (1.66 oz.).
Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed…
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Animist, Other Objects
Ashanti Gold Weight – Prestige Object – Ivory Coast / Cote d’Ivorie
45,00€20th century. Cm. 7,7 high x cm. 5,7 width (3.03″ x 2.24″); Gr. 82,3 (2.90 oz.).
Ashanti, also known as Asante, are part of the Akan ethnic group and are native…
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Other Talismans
3 Fulani Amulet – Niger
Copper, brass, cowries shells on leather. The amulets are cm. 8,0-8,4 high (3.15″-3-31″).
Fulani, also called Peul or Fulbe, are an ethnic group scattered throughout many parts of West Africa, from Lake…
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Other Talismans
3 Fine Tuareg Leather Gris Gris – Niger
Leather, mirror. Each gris-gris is approx. cm 10,0 high x cm. 5,0 width (3.94″ x 1.97″).
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the…
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Hand of Fatima
Large Fine Hand of Fatima – KHAMSA – HAMESH – Tiznit, Morocco
Silver, enamel. Grams 144,8 (5.11 oz). The hand is cm. 12,2 high x cm. 8,3 width (4.82″ x 3.27”). The necklace is cm. 55,0 in length (21.65″).
The KHAMSA hand (Arabic)…
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Animist, Necklaces
Large Fine Lobi Amulet – Chameleon – Burkina Faso
20th century. Bronze. Cm. 11,5 high x cm. 15,6 width (4.53″ x 6.14″). The braided leather cord is cm. 49,0 in length (19.29″). Gr. 174,7 (6.16 oz.).
Due to its physically…
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Hand of Fatima
Large Fine Hand of Fatima – KHAMSA – HAMESH – Tiznit, Morocco
Silver, enamel. Grams 75,4 (2.66 oz). The hand is cm. 12,0 high x cm. 7,5 width (4.72″ x 2.95”). The necklace is cm. 43,0 in length.
The KHAMSA hand (Arabic) or HAMESH hand…
