Old Algeria temporal

Old Algeria temporalThis delightful old talisman originates in neighbouring Algeria. Comprised of camelskin, 19th C French coins, old silver chains and beads, and a Tanfouk Talhakimt glass pendant, this special amulet offers prosperity and protection to its owner. Traditional colours of red, green and gold. Wonderfully worn.

it derives from a medieval arabic name referring to any tropical nut including coconuts and came to be used for any nut with an outer shell

likely 40 years old

this lovely little box was intended to carry either a miniature Koran or Torah

Each time it is completed

inverted triangles

A very fine old Amazigh women’s protective amulet from the early 20th Century

weighing 112

a hand-engraved silver Touareg cross from the Bellah indigenous black community of southwest Mali

also semi-circular

Khamssa refers both to the number five and to the protective hand symbol seen throughout North Africa

materials and craftsmanship are traditional

Of uncertain European provenance