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Beadwork purse. Çankırı / Turkey.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 5, 2016 at 5:28pm

Middle-sized ‘para kesesi’ (purse) from Çankırı. Used by both men and women. Purchased from a street vendor in Çankırı town in 1997. Beadwork with plastic beads. Front and rear are identical; the bird and the branch with leaves and racemes are worked in relief. (Inv.nr. kes005 -Kavak Costume Collection - Antwerpen/Belgium).

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