Old Fulani ring

Old Fulani ringOld ring from the Fulani people of West Africa, also called Peul. These sort of rings were cast with the lost wax technique and then forged to make the decoration. This type of rings were worn either as a ring or as hair adornment. Fula people or Fulani (Peul in french) are an ethnic group spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and North Africa.

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The cradle of the Penca was understood to represent the ships that carried human cargo to the “New World”

letters or mysterious signs were drawn

Unlike the larger

a guza such as this would have been carried with the owner

with some designs believed to represent the sun and stars

They were popular all over the Islamic world and even outside of it

this piece is embellished with zigzag patterns and botanical motifs

This is the model generally adopted by the Chaoula women of the Aures

with some being very small

This slender but substantial hinged silver box was crafted in the central Anti-Atlas region of Morocco early in the last century

a metal that holds significant cultural importance among the Tuareg