Photographs © Tim Hamill
TUAREG, WALLET 9, 11" w., $200, Niger.
We have been told that numbers 7, 8 and 9 were used as talismans but we in fact do not know whether they were functional or simply ornamental.
The Tuareg are fiercely independent nomadic people. On the move with their herds and camels over vast areas of the southern Sahara, they create an impressive world of traditional, functional objects of leather which was their primary material due to its durability, lightness and flexibility. Masters of geometric abstract design, the Tuareg fashioned objects ranging from saddlebags to cushions to tent mats that were painted and molded, embroidered, engraved and fringed.
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