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Boghdad Crosses
Old Fine Berber Cross – BOGHDAD – South Morocco
1970′. Silver (gr. 32,2 – 1.24 oz.). Size: cm. 7,0 x 6,5 (2.76″ x 2.56″). Fine work.
Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa…
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Tuareg Cross
Old Fine Tuareg Cross – Agadez – Niger
1960-1970. Engraved silver decored on both side grams 14,7 (1.18 oz); cm. 9,0 x 6,1 (3.54” x 2.40”).
The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their…
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Animist, Sculptures & Masks
Old Senufo Ancestor Amulet – Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
Carved wood. Cm. 9,0 high (with the metal ring cm. 10,3) x cm. 3,0 width (3.54″ x 1.18″); grams 19,2 (0.68 oz.). Quite rare item.
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Other Talismans
Tuareg Hoggar Turban Talisman – Korkoro – Algeria
1970-80′. Tribal metal; copper rings. Cm. 12,0 width (4.72”); gr. 37,7 (1.33 oz.).
Korcoros talismans are worn around the turban and often contain small scrolls with prayers or magical-religious formulas. The typical…
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Hand of FatimaOld Large Hand of Fatima – KHAMSA – HAMESH – Berber – Essaouira, Morocco
199,95€Mid 20th century. Silver gr. 63,8 (2.25 oz); Cm. 10,7 high x cm. 7,1 width (4.21″, 2.80”).
The KHAMSA hand (Arabic) or HAMESH hand (Hebrew) is and old and still popular apotropaic amulet for magical protection from…
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Animist
Fine Gan Bronze Amulet – Snake – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 17,0 high (6.69″); Gr. 51,5 (1.82 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
For more information and similar examples:
“Bronzes gan – la spirale du…
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Animist
Gan Bronze Amulet – Snakes – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 5,8 high x 10,0 width (2.28″ x 3.940″); Gr. 70,3 (2.48 oz.).
Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed every time; every object is a unique piece.
For more information and similar examples, “Bronzes gan…
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Animist
Dogon Talisman – SUN – Mali
Bronze. Cm. 8,5 high x 7,0 width (3.35″ x 2.76″). Gr. 101,7 (3.59 oz.).
Metal works like this Dogon Sun Talisman is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This…
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Animist
Lobi Bronze Amulet – Turtle – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 10,0 high x 4,2 width (3.94″ x 1.65″); Gr. 53,6 (1.99 oz.).
The Lobi are an ethnic group that originated in what is today Ghana. Starting around 1770 many of the Lobi…
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Animist
Lobi Bronze Amulet – Chameleons – Burkina Faso
20th century. Cm. 5,9 high x 7,7 width (2.32″ x 3.03″); Gr. 42,4 (1.50 oz.).
Due to its physically mutating nature and adaptability, the Chameleon is a symbol of wisdom. Lost-wax casting. The mold is destroyed…
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Boghdad Crosses
Old Fine Berber Cross – BOGHDAD – South Morocco
1960-70′. Silver, enamel, glass beads, leather (gr. 66,7 – 2.35 oz.). The necklace is cm. 32,0 in lenght (12.6″). The Boghdad Cross is cm. 6,5 x 5,5 (2.56″ x 2.17″). Fine work.
Berbers are the indigenous…
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Boghdad Crosses
Old Fine Berber Cross – BOGHDAD – South Morocco
1970′. Silver (gr. 39,5 – 1.39 oz.). Size: cm. 6,3 x 5,0 (2.48″ x 1.97″). Fine work.
Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa…
