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Type: Shell Bead

Material: Shell

Origin: Mauritania
Found in: 2002, Boutilimit, Mauritania
Age: 100+ years
Technique: Turning, carving, drilling
Design: - see photo -
Shape: Convex Cone Disc
Color/s: White
Condition: Perfect
Size: 27x10 mm

Perforation: 4x2 mm

Weight: 5 gr.
Quantity: 1 pc
Comments:
Mauritanian woman - mostly among Berber pastoralists - wore such shells as hair ornaments praying for healthy pregnancy.

Hair Ornament

SKU: 145
22,00 €Price
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