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Shanaguel

Posted by Edith D on September 19, 2011 at 5:32pm
I just found a photo in a book confirming that these are a set of shanaguel ornaments meant to be suspended from the hair. Shanaguel usually have a box-type construction which these lack. But, I now see an example similar to these in "Symbols et Bijoux Traditionnels de Tunisie" by Clemence Sugier (See p. 31).
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Tags: Berber, Tunisia, ornaments, temporal
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  • Eva Baby September 19, 2011 at 8:32pm
    I don't know. But they are kind of cute!
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