2022-11-16 Wed

Agades cross or Agadez Cross is the most popular category of Saharan Berber jewelry, especially; made by the Tuareg people of Niger. Out of many pieces of jewelry, only a few of this jewelry looks like a cross. These crosses are called tanaghilt or tasagalt, which means "cast in a mould.

Agades crosses are cut from copper, aluminum, or other metal plates and used as jewelry resembling plate or plate shields. The blacksmiths generally use silver and the so-called "lost wax" casting process without hammering the metal.

The multicolour Definitive stamp on the Agades cross was issued by Ghadames in 1949. The face value of this definitive stamp is 12 F - Algerian franc.

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