Set of 3 Wooden Carved Antique Tuareg Tent Posts on a Black Metal Base
Late 19th Century
Height: 41-57 in
Width: 6-9 in
Depth: 6-8 in
"These Tuareg posts are tent poles only in the sense that they were used inside tents, not that they supported them. Placed in various locations, but often around the bed, they divided interior spaces when wrapped with long mats, éseber. The posts could be either flat or round."
Ginzberg, Marc, African Forms, Skira, Milano, 2000, p. 53
