TUAREG/KIRDI LEATHER APRON 62, Niger

Photographs © Tim Hamill

TUAREG/KIRDI, LEATHER APRON 62, 21", $250, SOLD, Niger

Leather aprons 61 -62 have been embellished with Kirdi beadwork and were probably used by the Kirdi, not the Tuareg.


KIRDI BEADED APRONS

The Tuareg are fiercely independent nomadic people. On the move with their herds and camels over vast areas of the southern Sahara, they create an impressive world of traditional, functional objects of leather which was their primary material due to its durability, lightness and flexibility. Masters of geometric abstract design, the Tuareg fashioned objects ranging from saddlebags to cushions to tent mats that were painted and molded, embroidered, engraved and fringed.

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