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Ethiopian Hairpins

Unfortunately I forgot one (which I put away for cleaning again)... These are 13, one has no needle (lost). Totally I have 16, I forgot 2 other small ones. (Most are from Tigray Province, two are guilded).
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  • Wow, this has become a really impressive collection!

  • @thank you Betty. It started all by a coincidence........ I fell over a hairpin and found it nice... so I continued....  I also have some Tuareg, Dogon, and from other West African countries. But the Ethioipian ones are the finest.

  • Super combination and collection! I love it!
  • @Thank you Akkie!  I am glad about each Ethiopian hairpin that I find...They are all rare and difficult to get!  I also got an Aluminium bracelet by the Southern Ethnies, and a brass button for embellishment of clothes...........will show them later.

  • Wonderful presentation as ever...Such a treasure of interesting old  hair pins...Well done.

  • @Thank you Chantal! I just stored them in an extra box, I kept them before with the other Ethiopian things, and each time I wanted to look at them, there were 1-2 missing (fallen out or I did not see them....). Now I have an "Ethiopian hairpins Box  - containting 16).

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