I personally have specifically asked Robert Jordan about this issue. (during a book launch in Sydney late 1999)
He confirmed that Cadsuane’s hairpiece IS a ter’angreal , and that we should have enough information to know what it does. Whether this means that it acts similar to Mat’s foxhead medallion, or senses male channeling, or both, is still unknown.
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