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Description: | Item number 16 on Jeremy Keenan's item list. Neck collar for riding camels called 'tahawt' in Tamahaq. Keenan acquired this object from the Kel Hirafok people. Price paid: 10 dinar. Keenan refers to fig 74a in Johannes Nicolaisen's 'Ecology and culture of the pastoral Tuareg: with particular reference to the Tuareg of Ahaggar and Ayr' (Nicolaisen, 1963, p 95, fig 74a).
Camel collar made of twisted hair which is mostly dark brown in colour, with some flecks of brighter colours throughout. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | Tuareg collars (camel furniture (general & multipurpose)) hair | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-48296 |
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