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  Ethnic Embellishments January 21, 2012 at 1:40am

  Love it Toya!!!
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  Suzan Kaplan January 21, 2012 at 5:44am

  Are those coins that are spacing the khamsas? Did you find this as we see it or did you put it together? It adds up powerfully. I have a khamsa similar to the one that is second to the left. It was the first piece of Moroccan jewelry that I bought, my entry drug, so to speak. Will post it soon.
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  Marie-Ange January 21, 2012 at 10:37am

  Wonderful necklace, must be original found like this.
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  Liuba Berti - AMAZIGH January 21, 2012 at 11:25am

  Absolutely spectacular !!!!!!!!!!!!
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  Toya January 21, 2012 at 4:48pm

  To answer your questions, I created this necklace by using a pair of very old fibula chains which are made of old coins connected by links. I added five khamsas from my collection. Originally I tried to add more khamsas to this piece but it did not hang right-engineering is a key part of designing, I think.  Then I realized that five was okay, because the number five is part of what the khamsa symbol is about.
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  Marie-Ange January 21, 2012 at 4:57pm

  you are a great artist, thanks for sharing with us!
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  Suzan Kaplan January 21, 2012 at 9:09pm

  Well done, Toya. And beautifully engineered!
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  Toya January 21, 2012 at 9:42pm

  Thank you! This is really easy and elegant to wear. Two of the khamsas have hallmarks, one is rams head, but my photograpy skills are not accurate enough to capture hallmarks easily.