Group of 5 Rare Antique Carnelian Tuareg Tanfouk Talhakimt Hair Ornaments - Rita Okrent Collection (P675f))

Group of 5 Rare Antique Carnelian Tuareg Tanfouk Talhakimt Hair Ornaments - Rita Okrent Collection (P675f))Group of small, very rare and hard to come by antique carnelian Tanfouk or Talhakimt fertility amulets, traditionally worn by Tuareg women in Morocco and Mauritania as hair ornaments. Circa 1700s 1800s. Made in Cambay, a historic city and former princely state in Gujarat, India, for the African Trade. These were the very early editions of larger agate amulets made in Idar Oberstein (1800s and later) and those made of glass from the Czech Republic and

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1500 BC - 530 BC

Antique and Vintage Item 431

A spectacular strand of very old Dutch and European faceted glass beads

It is a very nicely made piece

All beads have wear

With chain and pendant this necklace hangs down 15 inches (one side only)

vintage glass beads

Inscribed in Hebrew "In Honor of Shabbat and Yom Tov"

Ancient glass eye beads with multiple eyes are the focus of these earrings complemented by vintage Bohemian glass and contemporary sterling silver beads from Bali

SOLD:Strand B: 11

Condition: Lots of wear including chips  on 5 of the rock crystal beads (taken into account in price)