Brooch in the Form of a Six-Pointed Star
https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.344
Women used brooches like this to fasten their veils beneath the chin. Its rare form--a hexagram--suggests that it also functioned as a talisman or amulet to attract good luck and to ward off evil.
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