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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 391715, member: 2844&quot;]Well, it has my definite yes.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Wonderful searching again, Hunting.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mark is a new one for me, one for the files. There is very little info on Libyan marks, and I only knew the Ottoman tughra marks and Beyic style marks in heart shapes.</p><p>Maybe the crown dates from the period of the Italian occupation, 1911-1943?</p><p>I think your idea of cleaning the marks would help. It doesn&#039;t seem to be exactly like the Tripoli mark, and could be from one of the other northern cities. But definitely Libya.</p><p>And I would advise you to leave the felt off.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some more Salha, from ethnicjewels.ning, which has even more:</p><p><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/8c0oaRi5VfQD3bdu4qMi6DDiPvrXxgKmOBBqPSfa1uQXHTyoy*KqeukpfCdmCcAlU1BT4WeXGTnucld0xcFC8j9b494-oaPG/P8130004.JPG?width=737" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one has the old Phoenician/Berber fish symbol, which is also on yours:</p><p><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/Ok30SVir64lf3qEdnwpzWISpeuqJQgUWKcl44ouyT5-WGya23Qt*-AV*MNaSXSqxfKjZ14-k5hmeB0HYh8eUwUxzCxtEaoz7/DSC_0169.JPG?height=600" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are the head ornaments I usually see, a different style, and smaller. They are worn from Saharan Algeria through Libya to Siwa oasis in Egypt.</p><p>I have one like the one on the left, but never made the connection to yours:</p><p><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/V0BiFi-tkRuc109ua8Fw02XV03YHDg5uIZvB4QyrSB3oDeZ9PFhSfhNe2tBsRT9bLJMZ4cH5HsywXMh9tlZ0Hjs9Vv04uxzZ/1.jpg?width=750" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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