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Posted by ait ouakli on March 18, 2012 at 1:10pm

old touareg pillow from north Niger after a little restoration, was verry bad looking when i bought it

Eva Baby March 18, 2012 at 2:27pm

very nice one! Are these little mirrors on the sides?
ait ouakli March 18, 2012 at 3:29pm

eva, yes they are, in the meiddle too
Eva Baby March 18, 2012 at 3:53pm

that is nice. I have many "gris gris" made on the spot in Mali for us, made of leather and mirror, but never seen this on a cushion. Love it! By the way, I have put some neutral fat on the Tuareg bag that was spoilt many years ago in the rain....will wait a few days and see (before I cleaned with a wet cloth)
ait ouakli March 18, 2012 at 5:59pm

eva. bei the touareg, the mirror is used also as protection against evil eyes and it is a way to signal from far that they are arriving ( sun reflektion )
Harald March 19, 2012 at 11:19am

The nice green color is it dyed (painted) with copper sulfate?
ait ouakli March 19, 2012 at 11:27am

Harald. correct, we call it : le vert de kano ( kano green ). touareg buy this lether allready worked and painted fron north nigeria ( city kano ) since generations. they kept this way to get the color secret 100 s of years. until now, they are the most big sellers of this leather color
ait ouakli March 19, 2012 at 11:48am

thank you all, i´ll post for you another one, a bit bigger but in the same work
Eva Baby March 19, 2012 at 12:17pm

what about the name "Idalin" for the green colour? Is this correct, or am I mistaken?
ait ouakli March 19, 2012 at 5:21pm

eva. i heared about this name, it has also differents names