African Tuareg Wood Tent Stick Base Mali Handmade Tent Tribal Stake Base Stick Carved Wood Tent Pole Stick Base

This is a beautiful Ornate Carved Wood Tent Pole Stick Base from the Nomadic people of the Southern Sahara called the Tuareg. The Tuareg are a fiercely independent, nomadic people, and on the move with their herds and camels over vast areas of the Southern Sahara, they produce no masks or figures. Instead, they create an impressive world of traditional, abstract, beautiful, functional objects of leather, wood and metal. This tent post is called Igem and are erected outside each Tuareg family's tent to mark or locate the entrance flap and enhance the doorway. After leather, wood is perhaps the most important material in Saharan daily life, and is used for the poles and beams of the Nomads' tents. They are used to hang bags, saddles as well as bed frames, dishes, cups, milking bowls, mortars and pestles. Each pole is sharpened to a point for standing upright in a nomadic encampment, and fits inside of this stake. The bottom of this stick base is carved in the traditional Tuareg design. This would be a lovely addition to your collection.

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Shows age, paint discoloration, but is in good condition. Rare and hard to find.

11" long
7" x 6" round base
7" deep

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