Tuareg TALISMAN - Niger - Photos

Leather, beads and shells; cm. 19,0 (7.48”) high x cm. 9,0 (3.54”) width. Half of the 20th century.The triangular element take away evil spirits and the shells are a talisman of fertility. The Tuareg live in one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet: the central part of the Sahara Desert. Their whole existence, difficult and precarious, is dominated by an overriding concern to protect and defend themselves from supernatural forces that inhabit the hostile environment - the "Jinn" (evil spirits, from the terrible Ghul, to Ifrit, no less cruel in tending traps to travelers) - and gain the protection of beneficial genes.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Africa-Old-Tuareg-TALISMAN-Rare-Item-Niger-/280760018104?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415e99e4b8

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Patricia Deany October 31, 2011 at 12:14pm

Last trip to Morocco I found the beaded, triangular element in a store in Oarzazate. Glad to see the rest of the embellisment, it makes sense this way.
Eva Baby October 31, 2011 at 10:02pm

love this temple decorations, have never seen it complete with the triangle, but only the shells. Looks great in the complete version!

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