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Tuareg Traditional Chat Chat Necklace - Engraved Silver and Onyx Necklace

Tuareg Traditional Chat Chat Necklace - Engraved Silver and Onyx

$68.00
$68.00
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Lovely delicate Tuareg necklace featuring seven hand-etched, tent-shaped pendants known as chat chat. Black beads are onyx. The seven tents stand for the days of the week, and seven is often seen as a lucky number in Tuareg society.

Very eye-catching and unique. Proceeds from the sale will directly benefit artist and his family. 

Total Length of Pendants: .9"
Total Necklace Length: 16"

The Tuareg are traditionally independent nomadic herders, crossing the southern Sahara desert by camel. Influential in the spread of Islam, they produce no masks or figures--prohibited in Islamic society--but instead create an impressive world of traditional, abstract, beautiful, functional objects of leather, wood and metal.

Tuareg jewelry is often characterized by the use large stones and distinctive etched patterns in elaborate silver work. Tuareg designs carry rich symbolism and meaning, often including elements of the night sky which guide them on their night time journeys through the desert. Each carefully etched line in Tuareg jewelry represents an important creature in tribal life, both human and animal.

Different format geometric representation according to the tuareg village.