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A Large Tuareg Gourd Calabash Container, Sahara Desert Traditionally these containers were used for the storage of milk, butter, or water during nomadic travel. They are fashioned from a natural gourd and reinforced with leather bindings. When a gourd cracked or split under the strain of use, it was carefully repaired with intricate leather stitching or fibre lacing which is a practical act that also imbued the vessel with layers of history. The Tuareg are a traditionally nomadic Berber-speaking people whose territory spans the vast expanse of the central Sahara Desert, across modern-day Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Burkina Faso, and Chad. The Tuareg have maintained a distinctive cultural identity rooted in mobility, trade, and adaptation to one of the world's harshest environments. H470 D350mm