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Tuareg Vintage Zinder Cross, Silver, 40mm
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- Vintage Tuareg Zinder cross of silver alloy 40mm long
- Named after Zinder, a city in Niger, West Africa, the Zinder Cross is related in style to the Agadez cross, but simpler and usually smaller.
- The Agadez cross is considered to be the first, but the Zinder cross is one of 5 recognized ancient, or true original crosses.
- There are several theories about the origins of this family of crosses all of which probably have some merit, but none have been conclusively proved.
- They resemble the celestial Southern Cross
- They are talismans to protect against the evil eye
- They are derived from the ancient Egyptian ankh
- The represent the union of the sexes, with the point depicting the male and the circle, the female
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