Old Tuareg Ring - TISEK - Mali

Description

Old Tuareg Ring -
TISEK
- Mali
Mid 20th century. Silver and Carnelian –
gr. 11,5 (0.40 oz.); cm. 3,3 high x cm. 2,8 width (1.29 " x 1.10"); inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.78 inches). US size 10.0.
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 Herodotu
. 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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