Old Tuareg Necklace – SHATSHAT – Niger

Description

Old Tuareg Kel Air Necklace – SHATSHAT – Kel-Ewey, Niger
1970. Silver low degree, glass beads. The necklace is cm. 51,7 long (20.35"); gr. 29,3 (1.03 oz.).
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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