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  Ethnic Embellishments October 4, 2012 at 5:46am

  Love these Toya!
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  Toya October 4, 2012 at 5:55am

  Thanks Hillary! I got them when I got the haha fibulas from the Florida estate sale. I love the ones with the doorway shapes. I have read that the design is meant to look like a marabout tomb.
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  Jose M. Pery October 4, 2012 at 7:21am

  Heaven on earth!!. You are lucky, Toya. They are great, congratullations:
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  Eva Baby October 4, 2012 at 7:44am

  beautiful collection! I love especially the two on the leftside!
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  Patricia Deany October 4, 2012 at 11:36am

  Very nice temporals. Good buy!
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  Alaa eddine SAGID October 6, 2012 at 11:46am

  Lovely Toya!!

  The pair the the right are outstanding

  I might add that these come from north west Morocco from among the "JEBALA" tribe, usually worn as temporals and sometimes thrown on the breast to join fibulas
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  Alaa eddine SAGID October 6, 2012 at 11:48am

  The one to the extreme right is of a great historical value...it obviously shows that niello was used in this part of morocco....i am not aware of any book mentionning it

  Left ones do bear a pin and are fibula like..... lovely
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  Toya October 6, 2012 at 6:45pm

  Ayis, thank you for  the information about these. The one on the right does not have any niello. I think the photo is just showing shadows in the incised areas. I love these temporals and have been looking for some for a long time. One of the joys of being a collector is the "find" after the long search!
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  Alaa eddine SAGID October 6, 2012 at 7:17pm

  yes sure i knew there is no niello but the little triangles are made to look like they bear some in the way decadent nielloed jewelry was made after the use of niello was abandonned.....
  
  anyway wonderful jewels
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  Toya October 6, 2012 at 7:38pm

  Oh, I see what you are saying. That is really interesting.Thank you!