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Cantor Tuareg Cross.tif Tuareg Cross of Agadez c. 1975 Silver 3.5 inches high Cantor Arts Center Committee for Art Acquisitions Fund, 1997.39	Tuareg_4.6.jpg Camel saddle Kaggo Oumba Tuareg, Kel Ewey Niamey, Niger Wood, leather, metal 80.8 x 73.3 x 36.3 Cantor Arts Center 2005.102	Tuareg_4.14.tif Drum and beaters Tuareg Agadez, Niger Wood, leather H: 22 cm; Diam: 52cm Musee d'ethnographie, Neuchatel 48.4.108 a-c
Tuareg_5.01.tif Anghelen playing an anzad Photograph by Francois Borel, In Gall, Niger, 1983	Tuareg_7.5.tif Pectoral pendant Tuareg, Kel Ahaggar Ahaggar, Algeria Silver, leather 32 x 23.3 cm UCLA Fowler Museum X88.1385	Tuareg_7.11.jpg Bracelets (elkiss, pl. elkizan0 Mohammed Mohammed Tuareg, Kel Geres Niger Silver a. 6 x8 cm; b. 6.1 x 7.8 cm; b. Cantor Arts center 1997.41.a-b
Tuareg_7.14.jpg Pectoral pendant Tuareg Tamanrasset, Algeria Silver, leather 23.5 x 24.5 x 1.4 cm Musee du Quai Branly 70.2001.28.24	Tuareg_8.9.tif Camel and rider Saidi Oumba Tuareg, Kel Ewey Agadez, Niger Nickel silver 17.2 x 5.1 x 15.2 cm Private collection	Tuareg_9.1.tif Examples of each of the twenty-one ÒregionalÓ Tuareg crosses Silver UCLA Fowler Museum X88.1421-x88.1441
Tuareg_d.18.tif Ladle Tuareg Niger Aluminum, leather L: 25 cm; Diam: 12.5 cm Cantor Arts Center 2002.51	Tuareg_G1.tif Amulet Tuareg Ahaggar, Algeria Silver, tin, cotton 11.43 x 12.7 x 1.9 cm Private collection	Tuareg_G2.tif Turban amulet Saidi Oumba Tuareg, Kel Ewey Agadez, Niger Silver 14 x 3.8 x 2 cm Private collection
Tuareg_G15.tif Head ornament Tuareg Ahaggar, Algeria Silver, brass, copper, leather 26 x 18.7 cm Cantor Arts Center 2001.185	Tuareg_H20.jpg Necklace Tuareg, Kel Ewey Niger Silver Pendant: 2.5 x 2.5 cm L (of necklace): 39.3 cm Cantor Arts Center 1997.44	Tuareg_I.8.jpg Bag Andi Ouhoulou Tuareg, Kel Ewey Agadez, Niger Leather, pigment, metal 102 x 61 x 5.1 cm Private collection
Tuareg_19.tif Bag Andi Ouhoulou Tuareg, kel Ewey Agadez, Niger Leather, cloth, pigment 89 x 86.1 x 1.3cm Private Collection	Tuareg_J7.jpg Scarves with Tuareg motifs Hermes Paris, France Silk Each: 88.9 x 88.9 cm Private Collection	Tuareg_x88.1423.FowlerM.tif Tuareg Niger Cross of Martchaksa c. 1970 Silver Fowler Museum at UCLA X88.1423
Tuareg_2.8ljpg Chemo Saidi Photograph by Thomas K. Seligman Agadez, Niger, 1980	Tuareg_6.2.jpg Seated astride a prestigious white camel, this Tuareg man and his companions wear the characteristic tagulmust made of shimmering blue aleshu cloth. Photograph by Thomas K. Seligman Talak region, Niger, 2001