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Festive headgear and necklace. Iraqi Kurdistan. Erbil Museum.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 5, 2016 at 1:57pm

Traditional Kurdish festive headgear and necklace from the mountainous areas in northern Iraq. Ca. 1950. (Kurdish Textiles Museum, Erbil, northern Iraq).

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Peter Hoesli March 5, 2016 at 2:46pm

Very beautiful! Thanks for posting. Peter

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