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The objects below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
TUAREG, WALLETS, Niger.
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.
These wallets, worn around the neck or under their robes, range from simple leather rectangles to elaborate multi-piece folders-within-folders. 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.
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