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Afghan Wedding Necklace

Posted by Anna Garner on September 27, 2011 at 9:21pm
For Sale at http://craftsofthepast.artfire.comAfghanistan in the 1970s offered such pieces for collectors. Actually all the components for this piece were purchased during several shopping trips to the various bazaars. Then the so-called wedding necklace was assembled in Afghanistan in 1974.
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Tags: Afghan, coral, necklace, serpentine, shells, silver, wedding
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  • Eva Baby September 28, 2011 at 8:24am
    it is kind of sweet with all the shells, corals, bells!
  • Anna Garner September 28, 2011 at 2:33pm
    So true!  I wore it once when I first got it to a bridge tournament.  It turned out that the bells were a bit of a distraction (giggle).
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