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One last remark, look how the chains go inside the hoops and not beside!!
Very elegant!
I did not know that that temple ornaments are connected hair length/fertility symbolism. Does that ring true only for the Tuareg people?
As far as i understand it is a universal belief, or at least an issue of extreme focus for people living in dry and arid lands!!!
nice foto . i dont think that this one is taken before 1925. it is from hogar or lybia tuareg in the akakus mountains, ghat or ghadames. semilar jewelry is still worn until now in south lybia, djanet and tunisia
@ Ait ouakli
Well this is the information i could get abouth this photograph and his works in North Africa!
yes, alaa . this fotografer is a famouse orientalist and traveled a lot in northafrica.
remarque that french army and missionary were in sahara begining 19 th century
central sahara where tuareg live was not part of french colonial territories until around 1900!!!
I guess Alexandre Bougault was one of the first photographer to get to these region after the french took over the place, maybe even during the time of "pacification"!!!!
Little time to establish a trend and the fashion if the cross if it was from a missionary origin
NB: We are speaking about central sahara around HOGGAR...ect
A lovely photo and very interesting about the Story (year of photo, Prior to Arrival of colonisation or missionaries). Love it! I also like to see how the temple decorations go through the earrings (or temple rings), to me a "before unseen" custom! I can imagine that this way it helps to Keep some of the jewellery in place.
@ aala
as you know, fotos are not always exact. without a deep and exact info about the origine and circonstanes, it is difficult i certain cases to come up with a conclusion.
i have realy less time but i try to comment shortly.
the avance of french army in the south was always schocked off until stopped for a time. in the mzab regions, after it in elmniaa and the west side from the famous Bouamama . ouergla, laghouat....
the french colonie started offensive from niger and mali ( was called soudan even now, people in sahara call the malians : soudanis )
in between, it was many memebers of missions and scientifics mouving around and studying situations and colecting informations, where foucauld played important role died for.
december 1902 one representant of akhamokh heritage signed the peace pakt and french declared the sahara as own place. the rest of akhamokh heritage important people went in the hoggar and akakus mountains and continued the fight from there.
notice: tamanrasset was not where it is now and in all the region was around 3000 of half nomadic people. still, the guerilla war was always present.
later on, after the opening of grabes and some tuareg spirital places. the atomic bomb tests. the revolt took another form until 62 the end.
this pendant did not exist and do not exist now in hoggar. semilar ones started appearing in the borders with mali and niger in the hippies time.
the temporal jewelry this lady wearing is typical for north hoggar , tunisia and lybia. the chaines were in rihana style , later on this import ones. i ll add you some fotos later, now i have to go.
your remarque about the wearing is fantastic and schows that the esthetic has always to do with the meaning
Thax for the historic details Ait ouakli.
I was aware that tenelit or crosses were not known by kel ahaggar tuaregs (algerian tuaregs), you seem to confirm it!!
SO this picture seem to be related with a very deep contact between tuareg of algeria and missionarie and french??? You confirm? That is why this girl wears a cros???