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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1533409, member: 2844&quot;]It is a hair barrette with a hook that fastens it to a headdress or scarf.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you are right.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>I could be wrong, but it looks Kurdish to me. Kurdistan is roughly the region where the northern Middle East meets Asia Minor (Turkey).</p><p>Most Kurdish women&#039;s headdresses comsist of a small pillbox type hat with a scarf. The top of the pillbox hat is decorated with a metal disc with dangles on chains attached to it. I can see this barrette playing a role in the general head-hair decoration.</p><p><br /></p><p>It reminds me a bit of this Kurdish silver and niello belt buckle with birds, Lake Van, eastern Turkey:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fturkishfolkart.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F10%2FIMG_3680_-EASTERN_TURKEY_LAKE_VAN_KURDISH_Niello_silver_belt_buckle.jpg&amp;sp=c845fc245e2cea4d749192824ecdb592&amp;anticache=658841" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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