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Nice photo and nice arrangement too.
Eva, what happened, I just wrote a comment on your hairpins with the orange background, which I liked because to me it looked like lacework as a collection on the background. This looks more mysterious, (almost tuareg blue. Anyways, it is a lovely collection. and two of them actually three, are unusual, like the one sleeping on the bottom, has normally no bells. than the solid ,third from right, is very unusual, very solid and it is almost a complete (Dessie) cross. And than the third on left has normally one pin instead of three. All in all an impressive collection because they are not so common in the open market. Well done Eva.
@Thank you for the comments!
@Ingrid: I am sorry, your comment must have just been between the Computers, when I removed the other Picture, as there was no comment when I removed it....... Sorry! . I liked the brown colour of that background too, but the pins looked unsharp......Thank you for the Information about the others... I wondered often about the one you said it is almost a complete Dessie cross. I even wondered whether it was a hairpin, or some ornament used in a church (although small). But it was sold to me as a hairpin from a seller in Israel (there are several Ethiopian sellers there....and some have really outstanding items). Lately, I have not found any new additions, the newest is about 3 months back.
this Picture is with the Brown tissue from Mali, nicer in colours, and this one is bit better than the one I posted at first (sharper)
Eva I do not think it was for used by an official of the church, because it are women (with braided hair on top and loose from the ear downwards so that the pins stayed well supported in the hair. The coptic nuns have short cropped hair with a skullcap. They are always very soberly dressed (in the white cotton) with no decoration. But this pins is most probably made in combination of the wearer maybe a religious one and the jeweller, in short it is a unica. Don.t we all want something special?
@Hi Ingrid, just came home. Thanks for the comment, it is always so interesting! Yes, a good explanation! Nice to know. (I am wearing your telsums... by the way, I just love them!). Yes, I have seen the one you mentioned that normally has no dangles, in fact there is one almost the same like that one without any dangles and the pin straight (not bended). I imagine it s former owner bended it like this and added the dangles - for personal liking. This is the one I like to wear as a single earring!
I fix it in the back of the ear with a small piece of plastic earplugs (against noise), cut into a small plate. Like this it cannot fall out... Good to know also about the one that Looks like Dessie cross. Yes, we all want something Special, that is why we Keep searching for unique pieces.....
I can see you are an African woman, fix it with something that is at hand. Well done Eva, take care of yourself.
Splendid background Eva. And superb little collection.
@Thank you everyone for info, comments and the Feature! Makes my day.
Wow, Eva, What a fine collection! Are you going to continue to look for more designs? You'll soon be able to write an article on them!
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