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<philips@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp> [Editor's note: cross-posted from <H-WEST-AFRICA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>] The "star of David" or "Solomon's seal" or whatever the symbol should be called is often found in the closing formula of precolonial manuscripts in both Arabic and Hausa. It is certainly traditional in the area, but where it came from or what it means I have never asked.
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