Old Pair Tuareg Bracelets - Silver, Enamel - Mauritania

Description

Old Pair Tuareg Bracelets
- Silver, Enamel - Mauritania
1970'. Silver, enamel g
r. 35,9 (1.27 oz.); diameter cm. 7,8 (3.07"); inner
diameter cm. 6,3 (2.48").
The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western
Sahara
and the north-central
Sahel
. They are probably descended from the ancient Libyan people of the kingdom of the
Garamantes
, described by
Herodotus
. Tuareg are mostly nomads. For over two millennia, the Tuareg operated the
trans-Saharan caravan trade
connecting the great cities on the southern edge of the Sahara via five desert trade routes to the northern coast of Africa (Mediterranean).
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