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Old Mauritanian hair ornaments

Posted by Ethnic Embellishments on May 8, 2011 at 10:46pm

These are some Mauritanian/ Western Saharan hair ornaments. The long ornaments have tahilkimt pendants in carnelian and green agate with carved conus shells. These are traditionally worn in guedra dancing.

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