Fine Tuareg Bella Talisman – Niger

Metal on leather; grams 45,4 (1.60 oz.); cm. 10,0 high x cm. 6,0 width (3.94″ x 2.36″).

Bella live Niger and Mali but are of Sudanese origin in Africa. The Bella tribe was formerly held in slavery by the Tuareg.

For more information and similar examples: “Silberschmuck aus der Sahara – Tuareg und Mauren”, Katalog zur Ausstellung der Galerie Exler& Co. Vom 27. November-23. Dezember 1982.

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