Amulets and talismans of the Central Sahara - Tuareg art in context of magical and mystical beliefs

The Tuareg people, whose language and culture are based on those of the Berbers, live traditionally as nomadic stock-breeders in the West and Central Sahara. Today they live on the territories of Algeria, Libya, Republic Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. The primary places for the production and selling...

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Main Author: Sotkiewicz, Hanna (Author)
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Published: Torun Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek 2014
In: Art of the Orient
Year: 2014, Volume: 3, Pages: 225-246
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