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Worked Leather of the Sahara

Grain bag
 
 
Tuareg of Niger.  This is the fringed and tooled fragment of a leather storage sack.

L1............................$100.

 

Peul Gri-gri

Each of the pouches contain substances prepared to protect the wearer.

L2..........................$250.

 

Bata Box
Molded leather container from Niger. The surface is decorated with a painstakingly-applied wax resist.

L3.........................$50.

Belghat, Berber shoes
 
 
Leather and cotton.  All hand-sewn shoes were once the rule in North Africa with each region having a distinctive style.

L4........................$125.


Spice boxes with lids
 
 
Mauritania.  Women in Mauritania make a mixture of aromatic powders and carry it in an organically shaped round box with a form-fitting lid.  Collection of eight redolent antique  boxes.

L5........................$400.

Leather bag
 
 
Fine supple leather decorated with ink in traditional motifs with three luxuriant plumes of fringed leather.

L6.........................$150.

 

Sugar basket

Tuareg of Niger.  The fringed red leather completely covers an interior basket where the sugar and tea was kept . 16".
 

L7.........................$175.

Chief's purse

Niger. This beautifully made tour de force of leathercraft is a status symbol of chieftancy in Touareg clans.  It also functions as a purse. 11 inches.

L8........................$225.