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Salhat pendant reverse side

Posted by Betty on May 29, 2013 at 3:19pm
This was a lucky find and offered to me as a Tuareg pendant. I don't know where exactly this rather large piece hails from (Tunisia? Libya?). Any idea? It appears to have been cleaned which gives it a new-ish look.
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Tags: Africa, North, Salhat, horseshoe, pendant
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  • Alaa eddine SAGID May 31, 2013 at 11:23am

    This is common pendant from southern Algeria  to siwa oasis in Egypt.

    Yours bears the shield-like hallmark meaning it hails from Tripoli in Libya

  • Betty May 31, 2013 at 1:59pm

    Thanks a lot Ayis! 

  • Betty May 31, 2013 at 2:00pm

    It's great to know where exactly it comes from. Do you know if these pendants are still made nowadays, Ayis?

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