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A very interesting piece, Eva. How long is the pin, please? I could well imagine that women would pin such a piece into their braids. I have seen other pins too, that had a rather short needle.
Eva, it definitely is meant as a hairpin, funny that they attached the pin on the face of the emperor (which is supposed to be the front. The dangles are very Wollo dangles. so you can place it as a Wollo hairpin.
@Hi Betty, thanks a lot. I just added the length of all 10 cm, the pin alone is approx. 6,5 cm.
the pin can be well seen on the other Picture of the backside.
@Thanks a ot Ingrid, that is a good Information! Am very pleased. Why they put the Lion in front - I have no idea! So it is a Wollo Piece, thank you!!!
Could it be that the lion of judah was considered more decorative and long-lasting than an emperor so it was used at the front?
@Frankie, you make me laugh...... (of course, anything is possible, I like your thoughts!!!) In the end it is true..........
Glad to make you smile, Eva. Seems I am a natural iconoclast.
Frankie,That was a thought simular which crossed my mind, that they were not so fond of the Emperor. But the lion of Judah is, I think, only connected with Emperor Haile Selassie, who claims to be a decendant of Solomon and Sheba. I do think it was not really thought through.
I am grinning!
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