Antique Nomadic Tuareg Tribe Silver Berber Amulet Pendants Necklace Niger Africa

Description

This is a tribal necklace made up of sixteen antique handcrafted diamond shaped small metal amulet pendants strung with small metal tube beads which were all made by the Tuareg metalsmiths from ethnic silver & mixed metals which are spaced with black glass seed beads. These antique Tuareg tribal amulets are very old
and they do have assorted
wear from tribal use. This beautifully rustic Tuareg necklace
is finished with a small lightweight hook and eye clasp also handmade by the Tuareg metalsmiths.
This necklace measures 18 inches long from one end to the other. The Tuareg people of Niger are well known for their talented metalsmiths. The Tuareg are a large group of semi-nomadic people who share a common language and ancestry and who are related to the Berbers o
f No
rthern Africa.
This Tuareg necklace is very collectible and would be perfect for adding to your African jewelry or trade bead collection or for wearing as a beautiful necklace and continuing the Tuareg tradition of body ornamentation.
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The Tuareg are a Berber people with a traditionally nomadic pastoralist lifestyle. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. Most Tuareg live in the Saharan parts of Niger and Mali but, being nomadic, there is constant movement across national borders, and small groups of Tuareg are also found in southeastern Algeria, southwestern Libya and northern Burkina Faso, and a small community in northern Nigeria.
The tribal peoples of Africa love to decorate their bodies with a variety of body paint, scarification, animal fat, red ocher or mud and occasionally with tattoos as seen with the Ethiopian Coptic Christians. The men and women of Africa adorn themselves with elaborate beads and jewelry which are not only worn as adornment but which also symbolize achievements and status, age and marital status, reflect beliefs and values, have ritual and ceremonial meaning and which offer protection against evil and disease.