Tin breast ornament. Container. The object consists of one large triangle, with five tessellating triangles hung below by metal rings. Many small triangles are attached below these five triangles. All of the triangles are made of metal and are embossed with patterns. The large triangle has six domed pieces of metal around the outside edge, and one large dome in the centre. The top has a loop of metal through which a piece of blue textile is threaded.
This object is mentioned in a letter that Jeremy Keenan wrote to David Boston (Curator and later Director of the Horniman Museum) on 10 May 1971: '...large beaten pendant... [bought for] 120.D[inar]... The pendant is particularly interesting and I think valuable in terms of its antiquity. There is a good plate (no. LIX) in "Collections Ethnographiques" of the Bardo... The Tuareg term is "Tereout" and the pendant is worn by women among the Kel Ahaggar and may be regarded as a symbol of wealth. They are now worn infrequently and may be considered rare. This particular one was owned by a woman of the Kel Rela.'
