Silver Tuareg-style Cross Pendant, Morocco
A recently made silver Tuareg-style cross pendant from Morocco, featuring a hand-etched design on silver. This type of cross was traditionally made in Niger where it was passed from father to son at the age of puberty as a protective pendant on his future travels. A very wearable and unusual symbolic pendant.
Date:
Recent
Material:
Silver
Dimensions:
7.5 cm (h) x 4.0 cm (w)
Weight:
9.7 g
Ref:
AMU-186
References:
Fisher, A. (1998). Africa Adorned. New York: H. Abrams.
Hagan, H. and Myers, L., 2006. Tuareg Jewelry. [Förenta staterna]: Xlibris Corp.