Old Tuareg Hairpin – 3 Metals – Niger

55,00

Copper, brass and silver. Cm. 16,0 in length (6.30″). Grams 27,1 (0.96 oz.).

A genuine and old Tuareg item used both as a hairpin and as a veil pin to keep head-cloths or robes from being blown away by the Sahara’s winds.

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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Weight150 g