Artwork Description:
Antique Ethiopian double Lion Claw pendant (5cm wide) set in silver washed copper between with two crescent shaped, North African, Telsum Prayer pendants, small antique coral beads from Yemen and very old crimson and deep red African glass trade beads that glow in the sunlight, set with old, low content, silver beads and contemporary black bone beads. Old handmade clasp.
The Lion is the ancient symbol of Ethiopian rulers, and these Telsum prayer pendants and the red trade beads give the claws extra power and talismanic magic!