TUAREG ART, Niger

TUAREG
Ehel Posts
 

 

TUAREG
Hoe Currency

TUAREG
Blades

 

TUAREG
Forked
Posts

 

 TUAREG
Bela
Post 53

   

TUAREG
Iron
Warmers

 

TUAREG
Amulets

 

TUAREG
Platform Legs

TUAREG
Igem Posts
 

TUAREG
Bazawat Bowls

TUAREG
Bracelet, Currencies

TUAREG
Plain Bowl 51

 




TUAREG
Low Bowls

 

All the objects in the catalogs below have been sold and are left here for educational and research purposes.



TUAREG
Leather Bags
SOLD



TUAREG
Leather Bags 2
SOLD



TUAREG
Leather Bags 3
SOLD

TUAREG
Bowl Supports
SOLD

TUAREG
Veilweights
SOLD

TUAREG
Pendants
SOLD


 TUAREG
Bela Posts
SOLD



TUAREG
Locks
SOLD
 

TUAREG
Posts
SOLD

 

 TUAREG
Wallets
SOLD

TUAREG
Saddles
SOLD

TUAREG
Mats

TUAREG
Cushions
 

TUAREG
Leather

 

 TUAREG
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Photographs © Hamill

TUAREG Art , Niger

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.

Leather was their main material; the Tuareg tanned, painted, embroidered, molded, engraved and fringed it to make saddles, colorful travelling bags, milk jars and tent mats, all portable and befitting these "Nobles of the Desert".

The intricate forms of their wooden tent posts juxtapose wonderful abstract patterns in negative and positive space.

Famous for their jewelry, the Tuareg employ the same elaborate aesthetic when also fashioning geometric layers of silver, brass and copper into their inventive locks and keys.

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