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Old Tuareg Necklace – SHATSHAT – Niger
Old Tuareg Necklace – SHATSHAT – Niger
Old Tuareg Necklace – SHATSHAT – Niger
Old Tuareg Necklace – SHATSHAT – Niger

Old Tuareg Necklace – SHATSHAT – Niger

$ 63.33

Availability: 100 in stock
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    Description

    Old Tuareg Kel Air Necklace – SHATSHAT – Kel-Ewey, Niger
    1970. Silver, glass beads. The necklace is cm. 43,0 long (16.93"); gr. 22,2 (0.78 oz.).
    The pendants are a stylized form of the symbol of the goddess Tanit, very ancient apotropaic symbol against misfortune and the evil eye. For the Carthaginians, Tanit was the goddess of fertility, love and pleasure, associated with good luck, the Moon and harvest.
    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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