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  Harald February 9, 2012 at 9:01am

  Does the amulet box open at the top? Like the Egyptian ones?
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  Johanne February 9, 2012 at 3:34pm

  

  A photo front of the triangle amuletbox. You can open it (schuifje).
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  Edith D February 9, 2012 at 4:13pm

  Beautiful!  I worked in Jordan for years, but old pieces are really hard to find there.  What metal is this?  Love the 6-pointed star.  Not surprisingly, also very similar to Syrian jewelry.
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  Harald February 9, 2012 at 7:38pm

  Thanks for the picture. Your "box" has the same design as those of mine. But the pattern on it is quite different. Mine are on a Zar chain and are hallmarked in Cairo in the year 1925-26.

  Do you by any chance know how your chain was worn? The story on mine goes as follows that these were worn in pairs, one under each arm (like a shoulde bag) at a Zar ceremony. This might be right because I own one paire of these.
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  Johanne February 9, 2012 at 10:35pm

  @ Edith Thanks for your comment .It is silverplated on mixed metal. Interesting you worked in Jordan. I've been in 1999 on a day- trip to Petra, via Aqaba and Wadi Rum.(There was no time for buying anything)

  @ Harald,  Triangle design amuletholders you will find in a lot of cultures, I have also a triangle Greek Ottoman- period  Christian amuletholder. I will make a foto of it and post it here soon. I don't know for sure how my chain was worn, I think the chain round the neck, the normal way of wearing a necklace. I Like your silver Zar chains, Good find.( often they are broke in pieces, easier to sell!)
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  Anna Garner February 9, 2012 at 11:30pm

  Hello, Edith,

  I lived in Jordan in 1978 and 1979.  You were probably there later than I was.  I really enjoyed the country.  It was a place to do a lot of exploring.  I only have two old pieces that we collected there. A nice silver belt with filigree pendants all round and a string of old steatite beads in the Bactrian style, actually.    Anna