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Old Fine Tuareg Teapot - Mauritania
$ 211.17
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Description
OldTuareg Teapot
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Mauritania
Mid 20th century. Tin gr. 689,3 (24.31 oz.); copper, resin decorations. C
m. 21,0 high (8.27
”
) x cm. 21,0 width (8.27
”
).
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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