Tuareg Kitab Tcherot Leather and Silver Double Amulet, with Raised Buttons and Lots of Decoration, Mauritania - Rita Okrent Collection (P642o) Collector's Beads Pale Yellow Large Faux Amber

Pale Yellow Large Faux Amber Beads

23mm diameter

18mm end to end

Strands sold individually

These beads were made from high impact polystyrene sometime between the 1940's and the 1960's

Tuareg Kitab Tcherot Leather and Silver Double Amulet, with Raised Buttons and Lots of Decoration, Mauritania - Rita Okrent Collection (P642o) Collector's Beads Pale Yellow Large Faux AmberWonderful vintage Tcherot double amulet made from leather silver. This tcherot is one of our favorites and was recently featured in our most recent ad in Ornament Magazine. We love how its owner decorated it with a string of beads and a key. Kitab or tcherot amulets are found in the regions where the Tuareg nomadic people live, such as Mauritania and Niger. Tcherot typically contain small objects with amulet properties and carefully folded magical