Tuareg Pyramidal Charm Amulets 1 Red Gold The core is usually white

The core is usually white to ocher yellow

The Eagle became a symbol among Berber warriors of Strength

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success and happiness while having a powerful weapon (stinger) to ward off evil intentions and misfortune

Bead Size : 5mm x5mm to 10mm x 11mm

Tuareg Pyramidal Charm Amulets 1 Red Gold The core is usually whiteTuareg Pyramidal Charm Amulet 1 These distinctive amulets are in the symbolic shape related to as Talhakimt. They are found across Islamic Africa, in particular among the nomadic Tuareg Berber peoples of Niger, Mali and Algeria. They possibly derive from Indian agate finger rings or even archer's thumb rings. The pyramidal shape is also related to Tuareg Cross amulets. In Sudan during the 1930s, British scholar and administrator A. J. Arkell