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5771 Yemeni necklace with 40 fish pendant

Posted by Ann Porteus on September 8, 2011 at 5:31am
I collected this one in the souk in Sanaa in 1999.The trader said that the amulets represented fish. He also said that they were becoming harder to find way back then. I did find a couple of them on that trip. Coin silver 84%
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Tags: Amulet, Australia, Bedouin, Fish, Gallery, Sidewalk, Tasmania, Tribal, Yemeni, silver
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  • Eva Baby September 8, 2011 at 6:05am
    This is very impressive. I did not know, that these were fish, good to let us know! Beautiful!!!
  • Ann Porteus September 8, 2011 at 6:57am

    Thank you Eva,

    I bought it from a Bedu trader and he said that they are fish so hope that the info is correct.

    ann

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