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The Ehel posts below have been sold and are left here for reference and
educational purposes.
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
TUAREG, EHEL POSTS, Niger © Tim Hamill
The Tuareg are fiercely independent nomadic people. On the move with their herds and camels over vast areas of the southern Sahara, they produce no masks or figures but instead create an impressive world of traditional, abstract, beautiful, functional objects of leather, wood and metal.
Wood was carved into posts of many inventive forms, all intricately covered with geometric designs. Once supports and holders, they are now an enchanted, weathered forest of totemic sculptures. Four "Ehel" posts were erected in each Tuareg family's tent to hold the long "Eseber" mat, which encircled the parent's bed.
Although the wood is extremely hard, Ehel posts are thin, intricate and fragile. Most, but not all, have carved designs on both sides. Most of ours have some breakage, which is highlighted in the details.
GO TO TUAREG STORAGE POSTS PAGE
GO TO TUAREG PLATFORM LEGS PAGE
GO TO GEOMETRIES EXHIBITION PAGE
GO TO TUAREG FORKED POSTS PAGE
GO TO TUAREG BOWL SUPPORTS PAGE
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