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Description: | Item number 61 on Jeremy Keenan's item list. Eye make-up made from antimony, called 'tazult' in Tamahaq. Keenan acquired this object from Elwafil. Price paid: 15 dinar.
Tuareg women and men both wear antimony/kohl around their eyes, on their eyebrows and at the root of their eyelashes, not only for beautification, but also because they believe the antimony prevents eye diseases. Children and babies also occasionally wear the same eye make-up.
Bag of eye make-up. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | Tuareg | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-48168 |
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