• Foto Number: SHL-023

The blacksmith, the malem, is the master of fire. He makes the silver jewellery, the weapons, the camel harnesses. Here the malem pulls a takuba out of the scabbard. The blacksmiths form a caste of their own. They are despised and at the same time feared by sedentary and nomadic people. –Kabara – Mali – 1969

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  Africa Mali Kabara Sahel black-smith Takuba