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Salhayat necklace, Siwa Oasis, (Egypt)

Posted by Jose M. Pery on October 14, 2012 at 5:14pm

Silver, red and black coral. Very similar types of necklaces, under the name of Glada or Zurraga, can be found in Libya. I would attribute this to Siwa probably because of the silver marks in some of the "hilals". In any event the exchanges between Tunisia, Libya and the Siwa Oasis are well-known.

Comments

Marie-Ange October 14, 2012 at 6:40pm

very nice!
ait ouakli October 14, 2012 at 7:34pm

the pendants are also to find in lybia, tunisia and Algeria too. super necklace
Toya October 14, 2012 at 7:45pm

The coral beads in black and orange are so beautiful together. The pendants all match. Quite wonderful!