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    • Double Crescent Necklace

    • Double Crescent Necklace

    • Harar Tribe

    • Communication Artifact;Exchage Medium

    • A "Muze" is a large crescent-shaped chest pendant worn in Somalia by the Harar Tribe as a valuable wedding dowry. Traditionally a muze is worn with amber and silver. For more information see p. 282 of "Africa Adorned" by Angela Fisher.
    • Mamuli, large

    • Mamuli, large

    • Unknown

    • Communication Artifact; Exchange Medium

    • A Mamuli can be worn as a pendant or as an earring. The groom gives it to the bride as a wealth payment to her father's lineage. It is the custom on Simba Island, also known as Sandlewood Island, Indonesia. The green oxidation is a sign of...
    • Mamuli, small

    • Mamuli, small

    • Unknown

    • Communication Artifact; Exchange Medium

    • A small mamuli can be worn as a pendant or earring. This one is much less elaborate than the large Mamuli shown within this collection. The groom gives it to the bride as a wealth payment to her father's lineage.
    • Tali

    • Tali

    • Unknown

    • Communication Artifact; Personal Symbol

    • In Southern India, a "Tali" or "Thali" wood pendant is the marriage symbol. It is strung on a saffron dyed cord.
    • Mangalsutra

    • Mangalsutra

    • Unknown

    • Communication Artifact; Personal Symbol

    • In the northern part of India a bride is given a Mangalsutra, a special marriage necklace composed of very small black seed beads called "Potti". Sometimes the "Potti" are strung with a pendant, like this one, or with gold beads at the center.
    • Khomissar

    • Khomissar

    • Tuareg People

    • Communication Artifact; Personal Symbol

    • The Khomissar pendant is the gift of a mother to her daughter. The white shell is a fertility symbol worn by brides. Each diamond shape represents a stylized "Hand of Fatima" to protect against evil. The Bella and Tuareg people in Niger and Mali...

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