Huge Fulani Ceremonial Ring – Mali
Silver high degree grams 95,8 (3.38 oz); cm. 3,9 high x cm. 4,4 width (1.54″ x 1.73”). Internal diameter cm. 1,7 (0.67″); US size 6.5.
An expression of tribal identity and of social status, 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, in the east, to the Atlantic coast. They are concentrated principally in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea, Cameroon, Senegal, and Niger. The Fulani were originally a pastoral people, and their lives and organization were dominated by the needs of their herds. The pastoral Fulani today enjoy greater prestige than town and sedentary agricultural Fulani as the most truly representative of Fulani culture.
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