Tuareg Necklace – Anadara Shell, Old Agate and Glass Beads – Mauritania

1990′. Anadara Shell, old agate and glass beads on braided leather. The necklace is cm. 54 long (18.89″). Grams 78,8 (2.08 oz.). 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).