Hermès Cuir du Désert II Scarf

Goat- and camel-skins are the basis of one of the Sahara’s richest traditions of artisan expertise: that of the Hoggar Berbers, nomads of the Gao Region, experts in fine leatherwork embellished with symbolic, decorative motifs, sliced into fine strips, incised with openwork patterns, dyed with natural pigments, cut with knives into a host of geometric shapes, painted with quills… The women make bags, cushions and amulets while the men craft sheaths for daggers, and saddles for camels – skills concentrated in this bold, simple, energetic composition, a jubilant alliance of leather and silk, the materials of choice for the house of Hermès.