Idar Oberstein Agate Talhakimt Tanfouk Amulets, Sold Individually - Rita Okrent Collection (P954) Hebron (Item location: Upper left)

(Item location: Upper left)

may have originated from the ancient stone bead artisans of India

Ancient Glass Item 007b

Lovely etching and hue

Idar Oberstein Agate Talhakimt Tanfouk Amulets, Sold Individually - Rita Okrent Collection (P954) Hebron (Item location: Upper left)Old 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