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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4483171, member: 2844&quot;]Very nice Tuareg cross [USER=64355]@GreekAntiques[/USER] , and a lot of symbolism.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Is there anything on the back?</p><p><br /></p><p>I love Tuareg jewellery and leather crafts.</p><p>Do you mind if I post some of my collection, and we make this into a general Tuareg thread? I know I&#039;m just barging in, so if you don&#039;t want to, that&#039;s fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the last twenty years or so the Tuareg have been adding dyed agates to their traditional jewellery. The stones are imported from Idar Oberstein in Germany.</p><p>The glass beads are traditionally imported from Czechoslovakia.</p><p><br /></p><p>The link between Idar Oberstein and the Tuareg is a fairly old one. I think it began in the first half of the 20th century when the lapidarists of Idar Oberstein made agate Talhakimt or Tanfouk amulets for the Tuareg market.</p><p>Talhakimt or Tanfouk are worn as hair ornaments or as pendants. In some dances young men wear them as rings on all fingers to make a clicking sound to get the attention of young ladies.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Various types of Talhakimt/Tanfouk of different ages in the Africa Museum in Tervuren, Belgium:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]389703[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Agate and plastic Tanfouks worn as hair ornaments and on a necklace (the lower one), Mali:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]389704[/ATTACH]</p><p>Photo: Georges Courreges.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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