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Khamsa lovers anyone?

Posted by Alaa eddine SAGID on November 16, 2013 at 6:22pm

An ultra rare khamsa from aures mountains Algeria, very modern engravings

Comments

Marie-Ange November 16, 2013 at 6:43pm

just wonderful!! Ann Walker will LOVE this!!
Alaa eddine SAGID November 16, 2013 at 6:44pm

Thanx Marie-Ange

I love it too
ann November 16, 2013 at 6:47pm

I DO! I DO! ITS BEAUTIFUL - DIFFERENT - has style.........
ait ouakli November 16, 2013 at 7:55pm

south east aures until lybia. witout the finger in the midle, will look like the old tuareg hand
ait ouakli November 16, 2013 at 7:56pm

very rare, even in Aures not easy to find
Alaa eddine SAGID November 16, 2013 at 7:56pm

Very interesting to know that tuareg did use the hand figure!

Thanx Ait ouakli
ait ouakli November 16, 2013 at 8:02pm

they had the 4 fingers it was in garamant time in te akakus mountains until ghat. there was the central kapital and the governement place. they had sculptures in hand with 4 fingers worked with big stones that are in sahara to see until now
ait ouakli November 18, 2013 at 11:56pm

here a piece from Germa museum in lybia showing offering tablets. the left one is the 4 fingers hand i wrote about .

the shape of the 3 others is still existing in the samples and forms of all northafrica and sahel