Antique Nomadic Tuareg Tribal Silver Berber Amulet Pendant Necklace Niger Africa

Description

This is a rare antique Tuareg metal two piece pendant which was made by the Tuareg metalsmiths from ethnic silver. This silver amulet is very old
and  has
a very small hole worn through on the tip of the pendant from tribal use. This antique Tuareg pendant
is strung with antique Tuareg made metal beads and is finished with a small light weight hook and eye clasp.
This pendant measures 1.22 inches long by 1.45 inches wide. The necklace measures 18 inches long from one end to the other. The Tuareg people of Niger are well known for their talented metalsmiths. The Tuareg are a large group of semi-nomadic people who share a common language and ancestry and who are related to the Berbers o
f No
rthern Africa. There are twenty
three different Tuareg cross designs with each style being associated with a different region or Tuareg clan group. All of these cross designs exhibit in their own fashion both the female symbol and the male symbol. This Tuareg cross is very collectible and would be perfect for adding to your African jewelry or trade bead collection or for making a beautiful necklace and continuing the tradition of wearing the Tuareg cross.
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The Tuareg are a Berber people with a traditionally nomadic pastoralist lifestyle. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. Most Tuareg live in the Saharan parts of Niger and Mali but, being nomadic, there is constant movement across national borders, and small groups of Tuareg are also found in southeastern Algeria, southwestern Libya and northern Burkina Faso, and a small community in northern Nigeria.
The tribal peoples of Africa love to decorate their bodies with a variety of body paint, scarification, animal fat, red ocher or mud and occasionally with tattoos as seen with the Ethiopian Coptic Christians. The men and women of Africa adorn themselves with elaborate beads and jewelry which are not only worn as adornment but which also symbolize achievements and status, age and marital status, reflect beliefs and values, have ritual and ceremonial meaning and which offer protection against evil and disease.