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@Thanks a lot for the feature. I noticed that I have some more which I forgot here..(I need to make a list with all the Ethiopian hairpins, like I made one with all my items.....), to get some overview. New pic will follow in some weeks.
Charming presentation............your collection is becoming quite interesting..............Thanks for all the info.
@Thanks a lot Chantal! As said above, I have two more which I forgot to put on the photo, and two I just bought... so the collection will grow...
I add here a picture of them all. The round one is actually a hairpin where the pin was missing. So I transformed it into a pendant and wear it on a black string. But it is originally a hairpin too..
Another nice background! Thanks for giving us presentation ideas.
Eva quite a collection. on the top picture there is the small bended one, I do not think the bells belong to the original shape. On the second picture I do see a hairpin I have never seen before namely part of an ethiopian cross. must be a new design. Good to see that even the traditional women want to go with their time. Looks like a solid piece and so will also have a long life.
@Thanks Ingrid. Yes, I think the bended one was bended after it had been made and the bells added. This, because I have two other hairpins that look exactly like this one but straight and without the bells. But it was bought like this from someone who went to Ethiopia, that means, it was used like this in the country Ethiopia by someone who owned it before, so I will leave it that way. In fact, I quite love it and I wear it occasionally as a single earring. The one with the cross is different and not a normal Tigray pin. My idea was that perhaps it was used in a religious context, I do not know. But it was sold as Ethiopian hairpin by someone in - Israel ! (From where I have another Ethiopian hairpin, a small one (like the 3 on top, but was gilded). it must be on another Picture of mine.