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Kuchi Tribal Silver Thumb Ring

Posted by Cam Knuckey on February 15, 2011 at 2:12pm

An old silver thumb ring, probably Pashtun or "kuchi" with some remaining small faceted coloured glass inserts. I suspect these are recent additions, trying to spice up a much older knocked around ring. However it has had a few owners who might have wanted to revive it along the way.Afghanistan/Pakistan.Early/Mid 20th Century.

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