TUAREG LEATHER PANEL 2, Niger
Photographs © Tim Hamill
TUAREG, LEATHER PANEL 2, 48x19", 96x19" extended,
$300, SOLD, Niger
Note: Leather panels 1 -5 are photographed folded in half, approximately
the way they were used. They can be stretched out flat, making them twice
as long, with fringe at both ends. The pictures here show the front and
back views. The underside is also leather but much plainer.
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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