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Glada necklace

Posted by Edith D on September 20, 2011 at 2:40pm

Typical necklace of the Tunisian countryside using imported glass beads and silver coins. My impression is that the wire wraps used to connect the coins were not done by urban jewelers, but was something done by the women who wore these pieces. Does anyone know more about this?

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