charms

Palm leaf rectangle. One side depicts two figures, a circle with two smaller circles inside, with writing towards the bottom. The other side depicts a figure with three heads standing on two balls towards the bottom and towards the top there is a geometric pattern with writing. There are two holes in the leaf approximately a third down, one hole is larger than the other.

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