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Amulet, Sahara

Posted by Jose M. Pery on November 22, 2013 at 8:01pm
This kind of amulets is quite common in Souther Morocco and Sahara. This type seems of the kind used among the Arib women as part of their hairdo (hjab dyal nogra). See Morin-Barde's "Coiffures féminines du Maroc".
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  • Chantal November 22, 2013 at 9:04pm

    Very erudite! Interesting.

  • Eva Baby November 22, 2013 at 9:19pm

    that is a nice one! I like it.

  • Alaa eddine SAGID November 23, 2013 at 11:14am

    Indeed JOSE, and yours has a silver bale which is quite uncommon since for savy nomads, non precious metals would do the job quite as well!

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