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Hair ornaments

Silver hair pendants bought in Kaedi, south Mauritania in 1988.
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  • lovely pieces thank you for showing them

  • These are so beautiful. They resemble the shape of the glass ones that were pressed in a mold. I wonder which came first, the glass or the silver?

  • very lovely! I wish the picture was a Little bigger! They look fabulous! Love them! I just noticed that you bought them years ago....... I have not seen such ever, and I stayed during two of my stays in Timbuktu with Mauritanians in their houses. They are really Special!!!!

  • These are great!  Would love to see a photo of them in use.  May we see a close-up of the granulation?

  • how is the backside? Plain or also decorated? (Sorry, I just wonder, because they are really very Special and rare).

  • A revelation - I have never seen such in silver. Very lovely in their simplicity.

  • I love how simple and elegant these are.

  • @ Eva Baby, I added a new  bigger picture showing the backside!

    @Ethnic Embellishments, and  a close-up of the granulation!

    Thanks all for your comments.

  • @Thank you Marie José, I have admired it! Thanks a lot.

  • Just to let you know that during my visit to the Yves saint laurent/ pierre bergé  exhibit on berber women in Paris, there was a huge picture of a possibly "TAMANART" woman wearing one of these on her braids!!

    A shock for me and a delight to finally know more about these exquisite ornaments!

    TAMANART is one of those moroccan presahara secluded oasis forming a string of inhabited settlments on the southern edge of the ANTI ATLAS, it is very close to "Foum el hissn"

    These oases have very interesting jewelry, basically a mix from northern sophistication (from the mountain such as enamel or niello) and rich pattern from the Saharan cultures with the odd sahelian ornament prooving very ancient ties

    Nice find

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