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  Linda Pastorino February 21, 2013 at 8:52pm

  wow very interesting.  I just saw a pair of bath shoes as Turkish with this same kind of silver filigree work.  I would never have known where this was from..  Nice to see this material..
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  Thelma February 21, 2013 at 9:10pm

  This is amazing, Jose. Love the articulated khamsas... And the decoration on the top of the top of each khamsa ... is that a crescent moon? I see it's repeated on a number of the parts in the centre of the necklace.
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  Chantal February 21, 2013 at 9:13pm

  Splendid and so rare to find whole.......
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  Alaa eddine SAGID February 21, 2013 at 9:13pm

  NIce one, are you sure this one does not bear Tripoli hallmarks? look on the back of the khamsas and the chili shaped pendants for the "shield"
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  Patricia Deany February 21, 2013 at 9:24pm

  Very interesting, also found in Egypt and the Horn of Africa.
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  howah February 21, 2013 at 9:41pm

  beautiful!
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  ait ouakli February 21, 2013 at 11:15pm

  Jose. as usual. a nice piece and the silver is complet. as patti wrote, also to fin in egypt until the horn of africa. some tuareg tribes have them too
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  Jose M. Pery February 23, 2013 at 4:32pm

  Thank you all for your comments. I will check if there is any mark on it that may confirm where it comes from. I was told it comes from Djerba but I understand that this ort of arrangement can be found in some other places in Tunisia, Libya and further east. I have also read that the ladies used to get the components from Alexandria in Egypt. @Waqar and Thelma - They are not fishes but from the spikes of barley from which its name comes. The decoration combines khamsas and half crescent moons as Thelma pointed out rightly. 
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  Joost Daalder March 14, 2013 at 1:07pm

  Very nice, Jose!
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  Joost Daalder March 14, 2013 at 1:10pm

  Not only are the individual pieces very nice, but they are also well placed in the overall composition. It is very good to see this posted.