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twarreg poison necles croix of moritany

Posted by elmamoun ben sabek on September 23, 2011 at 1:01pm
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  • Kathleen McCabe-Elsey September 23, 2011 at 6:22pm
    Love this!
  • elmamoun ben sabek September 23, 2011 at 6:36pm
    thank you kathleen
  • Eva Baby September 23, 2011 at 9:36pm
    why do you call it "poison" necklace? Is there any poison in it?
  • elmamoun ben sabek September 24, 2011 at 10:42am
    in old time the queen of any twarreg tribe have this kind of nekles with poison in it ,so if any other tribe attack her tribe and want to take her (the queen ) as a slave she suisside imediatly (if you are free woman you became a slave it is a shame for all your tribe)
  • Eva Baby September 24, 2011 at 11:22am
    What a story!! Thanks for the explanation. Something similar was in very early times in Europe with the Roman emperors. So this Necklace is really special - only for the queen!
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