Idar Oberstein Agate Talhakimt Tanfouk Amulets, Sold Individually - Rita Okrent Collection (P954) Hebron may have originated from the

may have originated from the ancient stone bead artisans of India

Necklace Item 484

Stone Item 291E and L

see sample necklace in 2nd photo

8 cm at widest point across

Idar Oberstein Agate Talhakimt Tanfouk Amulets, Sold Individually - Rita Okrent Collection (P954) Hebron may have originated from theOld 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