Description
Aluminium karagha plaque of the Bella people, designed to adorn small leather pouches or to be worn as a pendant.
The openwork geometric form reflects styles traditionally produced in silver among Tuareg-associated communities of the Sahel, here interpreted in engraved sheet aluminium.
The plaque displays fine hand-cut detailing and an attractive worn surface patina.
Collected in Agadez, Niger.
Width: 5.3 cm
Length: 8.7 cm
The Bella are traditionally semi-nomadic pastoral communities living among Tuareg populations in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.






