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  ait ouakli July 28, 2014 at 10:16pm

  nice piece

  it is from north niger and not from Hoggar. worn as a pair,head jewelry, the Hoggar ones are worn as necklaces pendants. it looks like the front is silver, the back is always a metal sheet
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  ingrid Langerak July 28, 2014 at 10:23pm

  Very elegant piece, how is it worn?
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  Cordelia Donohoe July 28, 2014 at 10:28pm

  Hi Ingrid, this is how its worn
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  Cordelia Donohoe July 28, 2014 at 10:38pm

  GREAT thanks for that Ait, I will amend the info. It was actually bought in Ougadougou, so it figures it would have from Niger
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  Cordelia Donohoe July 28, 2014 at 10:42pm

  So was it worn like temporals?
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  ait ouakli July 28, 2014 at 10:49pm

  as i already wrote you, there is a difference in the way they are worn. the hoggar ones are worn as a pectoral ( pedant ) alone or with the cubic one, also a shell or white agate bead with small beads in a necklace. i sold one recently, i ll try to get you fotos of . i m adding you from the ritberg museum

  the niger ones are worn as head ornament, a pair, each from a side

  there is differeces in the sizes, shapes and samples. if you look at the fotos i posted, there is 3 i have from hoggar, the complet one is sold with the big agate bead necklace
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  ait ouakli July 28, 2014 at 10:51pm

  here from the ritberg museum

  
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  Alaa eddine SAGID July 28, 2014 at 10:53pm

  I second ait for the Niger provenance and that it is not a necklace, but i would rather say it is actually a neck ornament for i have always failed to find a pair (at least similar) opposite to the more common temporals constructed as a succession of three triangles one hanging from the other in a row which are commonly found in pairs!!
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  ait ouakli July 28, 2014 at 10:59pm

  i actualy know the niger ones as temporal and always worn as a pair,i was offered manytimes to buy but i had and still have a big colection of the Hoggar ones. the niger ones in silver is not commun to find and i like this jewelry only in silver.

  i still have some other fotos, i have to find first
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  Cordelia Donohoe July 28, 2014 at 11:00pm

  This is great info. Thanks all. This one is silver except for the three lower small triangles.