19th – early 20th century, Tuareg
A most rare and wonderful amulet of leather and silver that we strung on our very finest hand woven cord. The Tuareg and Saharan leather amulets are usually square or near square and have prayers or poems inside. What must have been the plea or inspiration for this?
One of a kind
Amulet: 1 5/8″ long; 1/2″ wide; just short 1/2″ deep
The hand woven cord: 20.5″
A note about our woven cords. We weave these by hand, every one of them. Like all Jewels’ work no two are exact, as each of us. The work is labor intensive. When warmed to the skin the cord becomes more supple, conforms to the wearer, hangs at it should; the necklace transforms more than just a necklace. It becomes her or him.