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Syrian/ Levantine amulet

Posted by Ethnic Embellishments on June 26, 2011 at 8:04pm

I believe that the cabochon has been replaced with this bead (looks like a an Italian wedding cake bead?), though the replacement looks to have happened a while ago. Notice the use of blue, usually to ward off the evil eye.

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