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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 323903, member: 2844&quot;]The name is Agadez cross, and as Holly said, made by Tuareg. Agadez is in Niger, West Africa, where many Tuareg live.</p><p>This is probably 1960s. Jewellery like this was given by a father to his son when he started to travel the desert on his own. Every symbol has a specific meaning.</p><p>The small circles are chameleon eyes, which stand for luck during travel. They surround a large circle, which is the symbol for a jackal, jackals are enemies of the Tuareg because they attack and eat goats. In this case the chameleon eyes protect the travelling Tuareg against the jackal.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who haven&#039;t seen my favourite Tuareg gentleman with cross pendant, here he is again:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F0b%2F6e%2F78%2F0b6e783dc99b52a313b2d8f31a11dbcf.jpg&amp;sp=662d089b1190a37d66c5a8cc91be142f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>He is becoming a regular on the forum.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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