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Late-Ottoman era bodyguard – Istanbul / Turkey 1900.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on February 18, 2016 at 2:58am
Costume of a bodyguard/coachman. Istanbul, c. 1900. Silk shirt and bodice; embroidered large trousers and jacket ‘with eagle sleeves’ (metallic thread & black silk on combing wool); red silk ‘kuşak’ (belt); woollen ‘carpana kemer’ (card woven waist band); leather ‘postal’ boots; silver: ‘kama’ (Caucasian straight dagger), ‘köstek sallaması’ (watch chain with pendent) and ‘pazubent’ (amulet-armband). (Kavak Costume Collection-Antwerpen/Belgium). (SOLD to the ‘Etnografisch Museum, Antwerpen’). PS: the ‘kama’ (dagger) is/was not mine, but came from the Museum’s collections.
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Tags: Anatolia, Costume, Turkey, late-Ottoman.
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  • Betty February 21, 2016 at 8:38pm

    Fabulous ensemble!

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