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Large headscarf with extensions. Bergama / Turkey. Üsküdarlı Tahtacı.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on June 1, 2016 at 9:10pm

Large traditional headscarf (called 'çekili yazma') from the Bergama region. Part of the festive female costume of the Üsküdarlı Tahtacı, 1975-2000. Made of white cotton. Square; one corner is adorned with ribbons of different colours, metal sequins, glass beads and multicoloured tassels in silky cotton; two long and similarly decorated extensions ('çeki') start from the adjacent corners and will fall down on the woman's back. (Inv.n° yaz118 - Kavak Costume Collection - Antwerpen/Belgium).

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