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Posted by Ethnic Embellishments on May 28, 2011 at 8:23pm
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  • Toya May 28, 2011 at 8:30pm
    I have never seen blue stones like this on a hamsa. Very nice.
  • Ethnic Embellishments May 28, 2011 at 8:56pm
    I believe that is is a replacement for something that went missing.  It appears to be a vintage pressed glass flower bead, probably Czech.  We've had many large (one was 8 inches long!) 5 foulet hamsas and most have dark blue and dark green glass.  One had a central coral bead, but I suspect that it was replacing a piece of blue glass.  Blue is also a color that wards off the evil eye, but it seems that as a color it is more favored in the Middle East and Turkey.
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