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Tuareg Tcherot Leather and Silver Double Amulet, with Raised Buttons and Decorative Beads, Mauritania.
This lovely leather and silver amulet measures 3 inches tall and and 1 inch at narrowest width. 1940's or earlier.
Tcherot typically contain small objects with amulet properties and carefully folded magical formulas as well as verses from the Koran, all designed to protect and strengthen the wearer or to ensure her fertility. A Tuareg girl receives her first Tcherot from her mother at the age of seventeen. (from the book "African Beads, Jewels of a Continent" by Evelyn Simak)
Pendant Item 642f
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