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turquoise inlaid

Posted by Linda Pastorino on December 18, 2011 at 7:38am

Hair ornament in brass inlaid with turquoise mosaic . Strange ornament found in India. No idea where it is from and work is very strange. It has age , mad well but I believe is 20th c deco or 40's. Each granulation cluster is fit inside a hole. also coiled wrapped wires in the holes twisted with one granule.

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