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some Toubou pendants

some Toubou pendants
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  • nice pieces!

     

  • Hi Hillary, are you sure they are Tubu? I read in various sources that Aderawa is a Haussa town in the Niger, and the origin of these "crosses".  Or are perhaps the Toubou a undergroup of the Haussa? (I don't know, this is just a question). Would be interesting to know more about.  Your Aderawa crosses are very nice by the way, they seem to have some copper parts, which gives them a beautiful reddish touch.

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