Agadez Cross
€14,00
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Gold-plated metal – 23 mm x 35 mm
Delivered in a midnight blue velvet pouch.
A piece of jewelry, or even a talisman, in the shape of a cross whose origins are said to date back to ancient Egypt. Its symbolism, closely related to death—the time and place of which no one can predict—is said to be an initiatory gift from father to son. As he began his life as a man (virility and marriage) and a nomad, he was thus confirmed in the confidence and strength he possessed to face with serenity the final hour of a life during which he would, in turn, have to pass on the same message to his descendants.
Also called the Southern Cross, one cannot logically link this name, specific to North Africa, to any astronomical geometry, since the eponymous constellation is only visible in the southern hemisphere. However, given the desert expanses that stretch on both sides of Agadez in northern Niger, where the jewelry originates, it is interesting to draw a connection to the life-saving directional aspects that the object seeks to define—a sort of guarantee of positioning, as the risk of getting lost is a major problem for those who live in this part of the world, just as it is, for that matter, for every human facing life.
As humanity cannot be conceived without women, a Tuareg legend claims it is a love message brought to the secluded mistress of a suitor by the blacksmith, whose profession allowed him entry into any home. The man is said to have asked the craftsman to bind into metal the syllables of the word T(o) R(a), "love," to create the messenger jewelry that the latter was to deliver to the beloved.
Interesting link: black cord - necklace or dark brown cord - necklace.
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