Old Tuareg Leather Wallet Purse – Mali / Niger

Leather. Cm. 34,0 high x cm. 8,7 width (10.24″ x 2.56″). With fringes, approx. cm 70,0 high (15.35″).

These wallets, worn around the neck or under robes, range from simple leather rectangles to elaborate multi-piece pouches-within-folders. This wallet pulls apart to reveal 2 inner pouchs constructed of incised leather.

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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Weight250 g