Idar Oberstein Agate Talhakimt Tanfouk Amulets, Sold Individually - Rita Okrent Collection (P954) Hebron Ancient Glass Item 007b

Ancient Glass Item 007b

They are sometimes also referred to as Indo-Pacific or Trade Wind beads

They are also worn as hair ornaments

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Idar Oberstein Agate Talhakimt Tanfouk Amulets, Sold Individually - Rita Okrent Collection (P954) Hebron Ancient Glass Item 007bOld Tuareg agate talhakimt tanfouk amulets rings. Talhakimt are amulets worn by the fierce nomadic Berber Tuareg people of Saharan Africa to avert evil and illness. They are also worn as hair ornaments. Traditionally, young Tuareg men wear numerous talhakimt around their fingers to create a clinking noise when hit together, intending to call the attention of young women to courtship. Manufactured in Idar Oberstein, Germany, from Brazilian agate, and