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yes perry. it is true, it comes from north burkina faso and it is a touareg samples.
the form is not touareg, could be some old bracelet form from the .
it is a fantastic piece. i saw ones or twice only some semilar bracelet.
conratulation.
the spain armband i wrote you about before. it was a fake, i did not buy it
Jose,was it on sale on ebay about a couple of months ago? I was very tempted as I think that the seller had mentioned "Tuareg" but it didnt look Tuareg to me (with my limited knowledge. Also no such things in any of my books on Tuareg art.).........So I left it.
Ait from where? (old bracelet from the...........?).
burkina faso,benin or nigeria.
Nice, the form is that of the Vanku= armlets of Maharashtra woman. Have they seen this type of bracelets in Burkina Faso. I saw this design also in Indonesia used for "modern" rings. Well the books about ethnic jewelry are now by now known in all countries and, I suppose, used to copy for new jewelry.
Thank you all for your comments and thoughts.
@Chantal - Yes, I saw it on Ebay some weeks ago I doubted a little bit and it was not clear to me but, at the end, I found the shape quite appealing.
@Ait - I am sorry to hear that the Spanish bracelet was a sham. I am glad thought that you spotted it in time!!.
This looks quite new to me, though I may be wrong. However, wherever it was made, I like the shape, and can understand that that prompted you to buy it.
It has the shape of bracelets from the Tamil Nadu, India. It is a lovely shape but from else were, a modern bracelet I think. I have seen this shape type used also for modern rings.