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old Shell Pendant Southern Erhnies 1

Ethiopia, size 24 cm Long, Shell at the end 3,5 cm. I have no exact indication which ethnical group this belongs to, but the pendant smells from rancid butter (the leather string. Possibly they applied it on the leather to make it soft and smooth?), so it is probably a nomad group of the Southern Ethiopian ethnies holding cattle. Anyway, I hanged it on my balcony now to "air" it.
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