Amber (Red) Necklace w/ Tuareg Cross

Amber: Is the harden fossilized resin or sap of Ancient pine trees. There are several types and colors of amber. Most common colors are deep cherry red and a butterscotch yellow. You will also see a pale green and yellow, older beads can be a dark orange. Amber is warm to touch and light in weight. It has always been associated with beneficial effects on health. In Africa, amber was a measure of family wealth and social status. Great medicinal and magical powers were attributed to it. The ancient Greeks believed that it was drops which had fallen from the sun.
Tuareg Cross: Tuareg Crosses, now worn by women as pendents around their necks, were originally worn by men, passed down from father to son when the boy reached puberty. The father would pass it on by saying “My son, I give you the four corners of the world, because one cannot know where one will die!” Most of the crosses designed are named after oasis towns between Agadez in Niger and the Hoggar Mountains to the north. Like other crosses it is used as currency to buy cattle, cloth or food in times of needs. An old saying in the Sahara Desert: ” If you were lost and pointed the cross towards the sun, it’s shadow would show you the direction of a watering hole.”