Metal hair ornament with cotton flowers in white, pink and yellow attached on wire stems to a slightly curved piece of wire bound with green thread. The whole ornament is decorated with pale green feathers and clear glass beads and is attached by a piece of covered wire to a strip of metal which is flattened and pointed at one end.
hair ornament
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