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Miao Hill tribes comb

comb from Miao people, or from other Hill tribes group ... at least, bought to Miao women in Beijing ....
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  • in the book  'world of head ornaments' , p172, it is said is from YAO group .....

  • very beautiful. could be the YAO, I am not an expert, inspite of my living in Thailand very long ago. Is this comb silver? It is adorable!

  • They look a little (just a little) like silver Chinese eating sticks attached together. It just came to my mind, when I looked at it again, and saw the pattern with the circles. I like it very much.

  • yes, these are (silver ? hope so !) sticks attached together. When these women, after a loooooooong discussion about prices, sat on tiny seats (just as high as my feet...) in the (very) cold (was -25°C !!), with "tchai", well, when they show me these, I felt in love ! At the end of the "price discussion", rounded by lot of Chinese people looking us, it seems that they appreciated the "spectacle" as we had applauses !!! :-)

  • @Marianne, that sounds great! Must have been a lovely price discussion! The comb is really wonderful, have never seen a similar here, if one had it, it would have been Linda Pastorino, she has many spectacular Chinese - or Asian things.

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