Felt amulet comprising a dark green triangle and two flat camel cut-outs. There is red stitching in a spiral motif on the green triange, and brown stitching all around the edges. A red and silver suspension loop (for attachment to a necklace) is stitched to the top corner of the triangle. The camels are suspended on red thread from the two bottom corners of the triangle, and are in brown felt with red bands stitched around the fetlocks.
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