14k Yellow Gold Filigree African Cross Pendant

For sale is a 14k yellow gold African cross pendant.  This hand-crafted pendant is beautifully crafted and quite unusual.  This cross is called a Tuareg cross, Agadez cross or Cross of Niger.  This is one of several crosses used by the Tuareg tribes of Niger.  It is very unusual to find this type of cross made in 14k gold.  The top of the cross is a large flat circle, and the bottom is shaped like a four pointed star.  Three of the rays are decorated with gold spikes.  The top circle of the cross has Bali beads on each side.  The interior of the cross is decorated with elaborately scrolling filigree.  The pendant has an articulated bail to accommodate your chain.  What a wonderful, beautifully made, and unusual cross!

The Agadez Cross (also Agadès Cross, Cross of Niger, French: Croix d’Agadez) is the most popular category of Saharan Berber jewelry made especially by the Tuareg people of Niger.

The item shows normal wear for a pre-owned piece (light scratches, dings, dents and scuff marks.)   

Jeannie