Miniature brass sugar hammer pendant, brass, 2.5 inches long with a hold drilled at one end so it can be used as a pendant.
Sugar is carried by nomads in large chunks or cones, from which bits are broken off to sweeten the ever popular mint tea. Full size sugar hammers are about the size or our regular household hammers, but far more attractive.
From a description of a sugar hammer in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of African Art: "...
The engraved patterns on the hammer are motifs drawn from the natural world: cross-hatched patterns represent guinea fowl, and the small circle may symbolize the eye of the chameleon...
Artists who create objects for all Tuareg groups are known collectively as the inadan. They travel and live among various Tuareg groups during the year and fashion objects for both ceremonial and daily use. Inadan men are blacksmiths, jewelry makers and woodcarvers; the women are leather workers. Inadan are both feared and respected for their abilities. Other Tuareg believe that the inadan possess a mystical power called ettama, which allows them to inflict harm or ward off evil."
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