Origin:  Niger, approx. Ayorou
Dating: mid-20th century

Description: Leather production, only for donkey or tent.

The men's pannier comes from the Tuareg. Decorated with ornaments, multi-colored ornaments and the edges with fringes made of shimmers.

Cross symbols on both sides. The arms of the Tuareg cross symbolize the four directions of the world. As a talisman, the cross was worn by men. The sign was handed over by the father to his son when she entered adulthood and turned into a man. "My son," he said, "I am giving you the four directions of the world, because I do not know where you will be at the end of your life."

Of great importance to the Tuareg, everything that had to be done to transport belongings, so that the containers had containers. Clothes and valuables were kept to a greater or lesser extent in the shop. Leather fringes were a typical decoration of Tuareg products: tents or sacks.

Bibiliography:

- A. Rybiński, Tuaregs from the Sahara, Warsaw 2015.

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The purchase is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport as part of the National Institute of Museums and Collections' own program "Expansion of museum collections".