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hair disks himachel

High three dimensional hair disks usually worn on top of the head or braid in Kulu ManaliHimachel Pradesh, both are high quality silver
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  • Nice character.

  • I have sold bigger and better ones but I wear these myself and many of the things I use so I sometimes sell the more over the top versions for collectors. Some of these are quite large with protrusions on top like a pipe and with bells covering the whole head.

  • How do you attach it to the hair? is there a coil at the back?

  • there are silver loops in the back and you tie them on. I use them on braids in the hair.

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