Fine Tuareg Bella Talisman – Niger

Metal on leather; grams 18,7 (0.66 oz.); cm. 6,5 high x cm. 4,8 width (2.56″ x 1.89″).

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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