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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 249089, member: 2844"]It is a Tuareg necklace from Saharan North Africa. It could have been made anytime between the 50s and now. It is probably low grade silver, handmade by a Tuareg silversmith who was trained by his father. Silversmith families can trace the craft back for countless generations.</p><p>Every engraved design has a meaning.</p><p>The diagonal stripes symbolise the movement of the wind on the sand in the Sahara. A guide in the desert will follow the direction of the lines in the sand to avoid walking head on into the wind.</p><p>The small circles are chameleon eyes, which stand for luck during travel. They surround larger circles, which are jackals, jackals are enemies of the Tuareg because they attack and eat goats. In this case the chameleon eyes protect the travelling Tuareg against the jackal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 249089, member: 2844"]It is a Tuareg necklace from Saharan North Africa. It could have been made anytime between the 50s and now. It is probably low grade silver, handmade by a Tuareg silversmith who was trained by his father. Silversmith families can trace the craft back for countless generations. Every engraved design has a meaning. The diagonal stripes symbolise the movement of the wind on the sand in the Sahara. A guide in the desert will follow the direction of the lines in the sand to avoid walking head on into the wind. The small circles are chameleon eyes, which stand for luck during travel. They surround larger circles, which are jackals, jackals are enemies of the Tuareg because they attack and eat goats. In this case the chameleon eyes protect the travelling Tuareg against the jackal.[/QUOTE]
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