Cm. 8,5 high x 6,0 width (3.35″ x 2.36″). Inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.79″); US size 9.75. Gr. 61,8 (2.18 oz.). Metal works like this Dogon cerimonial ring is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This kind of metal molding is made with a wax model and a mold made from a heat […]
Early to mid 20th century – Silver gr. 85,6 (0.80 oz); cm. 4,5 high x cm. 4,8 width (1.29”). Inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.74″); US size 9.0. These rings were used by men and women, like hair decorations, necklaces, pendants, rings for fingers and currency. Jewels are also a form of savings, available in times of economic crisis in nomadic society. Fulani, also called Peul or Fulbe , a primarily Muslim people scattered throughout many parts of West Africa, from Lake Chad, […]
Silver. Diameter from cm. 2,1 to cm. 2,3; inner diameter from cm. 1,6 to cm. 1,8; US size from 6.75 to 8.5. Gr. 9,4. Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. The […]
Mid 20th century. Silver – gr. 10,2 (0.35 oz.); cm. 3,9 high x cm. 2,1 width (1.53″ x 0.82″); inner diameter cm. 1,9 (0.74 inches). US size 8.5. 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 […]
1970′. Silver and carnelian – gr. 64,9 (2.28 oz.); cm. 7,0 high x cm. 4,9 width (2.75″ x 1.92″). Inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.78″); US size 9.5. 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, […]
Mid 20th Century. Cm. 7,0 high x 2,7 width (2.75″ x 1.06″). Gr. 82,0 (2.89 oz.). Metal works like this Dogon cerimonial ring is molded in bronze by ‘the lost wax method’, also called ‘cire-perdue’. This kind of metal molding is made with a wax model and a mold made from a heat proof material, such as clay, […]
1970′. Silver and carnelian – gr. 30,8 (1.08 oz.); cm. 6,0 high x cm. 2,7 width (2.36″ x 1.06″). Inner diameter cm. 2,0 (0.78″); US size 8.5. 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, […]
Mid 20th century. Silver and Carnelian – gr. 11,8 (0.41 oz.); cm. 3,5 high x cm. 3,3 width (1.37 ” x 1.29″); inner diameter cm. 1,8 (0.70 inches). US size 7.5. 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 […]
Early to mid 20th century. Silver, glass. Cm. 2,9 high (1.14″); inner diameter cm. 1,9 (0.74”); US size 8.25. Gr. 9,4 (0.33 oz). Berbers are the indigenous ethnic group of North Africa. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. The name Berber appeared […]
1970′. Silver and carnelian – gr. 54,2 (1.91 oz.); cm. 8,2 high x cm. 2,6 width (3.22″ x 1.02″). Inner diameter cm. 1,8 (0.70″); US size 8.0. 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, […]