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Aksum Hairpins and Ear studs

Posted by Eva Baby on December 14, 2012 at 5:48pm

Ethiopia: from bottom to top: 3 silver hairpins Aksum, one silver hairpin Aksum gilded, 3 earstuds Aksum gilded, 1 steel hairpin North Ethiopia. All old, made before 1945

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Chantal February 15, 2013 at 3:07pm

Lovely lighting.
Eva Baby February 15, 2013 at 3:30pm

@Thank you Chantal, these photos re-appeared because I switched them into a new album about hairpins.

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