Old Silver Tuareg pendants - Niger - Tuareg $250.00
We have other, smaller, old silver Tuareg pendants as low as $75. Please email us for further information.

Assorted silver Tuareg rings - Mali - Tuareg $125.00
The tallest ring in this photo is $225. Please click on the photo for a view of 3 more rings, all $125. each. See below for more rings.

short silver bead strand - Niger - Tuareg $125.00
This is a fine, though short, strand of beautiful silver Tuareg beads mixed with some small faceted glass beads. Each of the long beads is 16 mm long.

Authentic silver earrings with dangles - Niger - Tuareg $145.00
See below for photos of a woman wearing some of this type of earring. All 3 pairs of earrings pictured here are the same price, $145. per pair.

Authentic silver earrings - Niger - Tuareg $125.00
Please click on the photo for 2 other pairs: the second is $50, the third is $75.

Man in the Abalak market - Niger - Tuareg

Girl in Dosso - Niger - Tuareg

Rooftops of Agadez - Niger - Tuareg

Tuareg man selling coffee and tea in Dosso - Niger - Tuareg

At a well in the Sahara Desert near Agadez - Niger - Tuareg
We sell these old pulleys, obtained from wells like this one. Once the bucket is full of water it is too heavy to be brought up by hand so the other end of the rope is attached to an animal, a mule or a camel, and it is pulled up across these pulleys. The length of the rope, as long as 100 meters, is the depth of the well. Wells are centers of social activity in the desert; everyone must bring his animals (mules, camels, and goats) every other day to the well for water.

Carrying items purchased in Abalak - Niger - Tuareg

Old knife - Niger - Tuareg $250.00
This is one of the best quality, most creatively designed Tuareg knives. It measures 13 1/4" long. Most, if not all, Tuareg men carry such a knife as part of their "formal" attire. Although functional, the knives are as important, if not moreso, as personal adornment. Please click on the image to see two more knives of comparable quality. The second one measures 14" long, the third 18 3/4".

Small knives - new - Niger - Tuareg $25.00
These 4 small knives, though new, are genuine items that the Tuareg people actually do carry and use. They measure 5 1/2 to 6 1/4" long. The price is for each one.

Well pulleys - Niger - Tuareg $125.00
These are common, very old and used, pulleys from wells in the Sahara Desert of central Niger. The Tuareg and the Wodaabe shepherd their animals every other day to a well of this type to water their animals. These relatively sophisticated wells have been mostly built by the government although are maintained by the people who use them. The price above is for one pulley. We have many; not only these 3. No two are the same; these 3 show the degree to which they may vary. The price for a set of 3 is $300. Click on the photo to see what the wells look like in action.

Heavy silver earrings - Niger - Tuareg $350.00
These are all old, used earrings of the best quality of silver available. We have a wide variety of sizes, silver qualities and degrees of wear. Click on the photo to see 2 more pairs.

Small old knife - Niger - Tuareg $45.00
This genuine old, used knife would have been primarily used for leatherwork, a skill for which the Tuareg people are reknowned.

Assorted old Tuareg rings - Niger - Tuareg $250.00
These 2 rings are the same price. Click on this photo for 2 more photos. The first is of 3 rings, left to right: $175, $325, $450. The second is of 6 rings: all are $95 except the ring closest the fingernail of the middle finger which is $125.

Large old silver beads - Niger - Tuareg $100.00
We only have these 3 of these exceptionally large, high quality silver, old, used Tuareg beads. The price is for all 3 beads.

Woman wearing old Tuareg earrings - Niger - Tuareg
Please click on the photo for other views of this woman wearing others of this type of earring

nickel cornerless cubes - Niger - Tuareg $1.00
We have 127 of these 6 to 8 mm beads.

Old wedding necklace - Niger - Tuareg $600.00
Although this is strung as a wedding necklace, this is a fine uniform strand of larger than normal coin silver beads. There are 30 beads at 20 mm long each, in addition to the square coin silver pendant.

Soapstone round jewelry boxes - Niger - Tuareg $65.00
3 1/4 to 3 1/2" diameter. Please click on the photo for another view of these fine boxes.

Old leather pillow cover - Niger - Tuareg $250.00
These beautiful, one-of-a-kind, goat leather pillow covers are sold empty but in Africa would be filled with kapok or cotton or millet chaff and used primarily as cushions to support the Tuareg as the relax on their mats on the ground.

Old Tuareg silver beads - Niger - Tuareg $3.00

Laminated beads - Niger - Tuareg $38.00
These are exceptional beads, the only ones of this quality I have ever found. They measure 18 to 25 mm long. These 8 are the only ones we have. The price, $38, is for each bead. If you buy all 8 the price is $300 for all.

XL Tuareg pendant necklaces - Niger - Tuareg $150.00
Please click on the photo to see 2 more photos featuring 5 more styles of these large pendant necklaces. These pendants have come to be called "crosses" although they have no Christian religious significance. These designs are exclusive to the Tuareg people who wear pendants in similar designs in smaller sizes, in varying grades of silver.

XL Tuareg "cross" pendants - Niger - Tuareg $80.00
The pendant in the middle is $125. There are some other designs available. Email me to ask for more information.

Small and Medium Tuareg "cross" pendants - Niger - Tuareg $50.00
All the pendants in this photo are the same price except for the one in the top left, measuring 3 1/8" ($95), and the one in the bottom right, measuring 3 1/2" ($75). Please click on the photo to see 2 more photos with more medium and smaller Tuareg pendants. In the second photo the bottom 4 pendants are $45 each, the top left and top middle are $35 each and the top right is $20. In the third photo the 4 pendants in the left part of the photo are $35 each, the 3 pendants in the right part of the photo are $20 each.

Decorated amulet enclosure - Niger - Tuareg $225.00
This is an small old leather box with elaborate decoration all over, including a very intricately decorated flap closure. Although most of us would consider it to be useful as a wallet or a small purse, its purpose in Africa is to carry objects with a spiritual value to the wearer. The objects the box contains renders the entire item an amulet, to be worn by men, primarily for protection, worn around the neck as a necklace. Please click on the image to see 2 more similar amulets. They all measure - 10" to 10 1/2", not including the leather thong from which they are hung.

Elaborate amulet enclosure - Niger - Tuareg $350.00
This is a very elaborate amulet enclosure. Please click on the image for a full necklace view of this beautiful amulet, and of one more, whose price is $300.

Large leather tassle - Niger - Tuareg $200.00
By itself it is difficult to determine how this was used. It can be attached to dwellings or at the end of cords used to tie horses or camels. It is 12" long. Please click on the image for another view of this unusual Tuareg decorative tassle.