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One of my favorite headdresses I have had Uzbekistan 19th c
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  • what a piece!you are lucky!

  • I got it a day before the show, sent from the UK ,  last year and then it sold on opening.  I knew it would not last,, these are so hard to find.

  • This is most definitely a rare type of headdress. Fit for the nobility at the royal courts in historic Uzbekistan.

  • Yes was quite special and a hard to find type. It came out of the collection or auction of some of Nuriev's things I think the seller told me.

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