Ethnic Design Collection Reto Zehnder

Five diamond shaped silver plates, mounted on a leather plate. Beautiful piece of original tuareg jewelry. An outstanding piece of original tuareg jewelry worn by Tuareg women.Produced by the Kel Ahaggart in Algeria and the Kel Iullemeden and Kel Attaram in Mali. The local name khumeysa is derived from khamsa which means five in Arabic. Five is a sacred number: the five fingers of Fatima, the five pillars of Islam, the 5 sacred persons in Islam (Mahomet, Ali, Fatima, Hassan and Hussaïn)