Necklace with a Bayou Classic pendant

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Necklace with a Bayou Classic pendant. The necklace has a gold-colored string with gold-colored spherical plastic beads strung along it. There is a gold-colored metal ring at the bottom. There is a painted ceramic pendant attached to the metal ring. The pendant is red on the top and black at the bottom. It has white text which reads [BAYOU CLASSIC / GRAMBLING SOUTHERN]. There is a gold fleur-de-lis in between “Grambling” and “Southern”. The center of the circle is white, with a blue silhouette of the state of Louisiana. There is a color depiction of the faces of a tiger and a jaguar biting the ends of a football. The tiger is on the proper right side and the jaguar is on the proper left side. There is yellow text in the center of the football. It reads [SINCE / 1974]. There is a black “TM” under the jaguar head.

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