Tuareg African Tribal Southern Cross Nomadic Compass Sahara Desert Necklace

Description: Tuareg Cross Tahoua – AGADEZA souvenir brought to Europe by France in the 1930s. The Decoplata alloy Silver The beads of the necklace are black tourmaline stone and it is an extremely strong amulet.The Agadez Cross (also Agadès Cross, Cross of Niger, French: Croix d’Agadez) is the most popular category of Saharan Berber jewelry made especially by the Tuareg people of Niger. Only a few of these pieces of jewelry exactly resemble a cross. For most of them, it is a pendant with a varied silhouette, related either to a cross (tanaghilt), or to a form of plate or shield (talhakim). The former is made of stone or copper. The blacksmiths generally use silver and the so-called "lost wax" casting process without ever hammering the metalThese crosses are generally called tanaghilt (tanaɣilt) or tasagalt, which means "cast in a mold". Soft stone jewelry and jewelry cut from platelets of Silver copper, The current use of tanaghilt and talhakim is restricted to a few Tuareg tribes: the Kel Aïr, the Kel Geress; as well as to non-Berber ethnic groups across Niger who have adopted it such as the Songhai, Zarma, Peuls and the Hausa peoples of Niger. This type of jewelry are rare and almost ignored by other Tuaregs. As ornaments, they are suspended from the neck. In the case of tanaγilt, it is fixed on the veil of women or the forehead, but turned upwardside down.Any question about their symbolism put to the users generally elicits only vague answers. Some attribute to it a function of "grigri" or “reserve of wealth". According to one Tuareg elder narration, a young nomadic warrior wanted to declare his love to the young girl of his heart, the latter being locked up at home and therefore inaccessible to his messages. The village blacksmith then had a very important place in Tuareg society. As such, the blacksmith had the right to enter the houses of all the families with whom he traded with. The young man then had a jewel forged which combines the two syllables of the Tamashek word " T (a) R (a)" ("tara" meaning " love" and spelled "ⵜⵔ" in the Tifinagh alphabet.) and entrusted the blacksmith with the mission of transmitting the message of love to his beloved in the greatest discretion.Exquisitely hand crafted Tuareg tribe pendant necklace, it's a beautiful design and hand etched and engraved with circular and geometric shapes. Agadez cross shape is directional and represents the four corners of the desert. This is a genuine tribal piece purchased in nth Africa. These pieces were traded, gifted and sold all over nth Africa and a rough guide I was once told they were worth in Algeria is : 1 tchérot amulet = 1 small camelGUARANTEED ORIGINAL 100 % star_borderThe pictures show the item for sale Worldwide shipping with tracking number. Shipping to the United States & Europe up to 10-14 days, other countries - 14-35 days+ time of customs clearance and delivery within the country. Sorry at that time I am not sending to Russia

Price: 95 USD

Location: Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki

End Time: 2024-09-15T10:28:05.000Z

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