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Tepelik. Late-Ottoman, 19th century. Ankara Etnographic Museum.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 23, 2016 at 5:24pm

Silver tepelik (woman's hat cover). Late-Ottoman, 19th c. Ø 127 mm; decorated with scrolls, rosettes and leaves motifs; having a central boss with a red glass stone. Surrounded with 12 chains, featuring 32 coins which hang on two levels. A forehead pendent with a central glass bead is attached to the tepelik by 5 chains, featuring another 18 silver coins. The tepelik had to be placed on top of a rather high fes/hat. Probably originating from Central Anatolia. (Ankara Ethnographic Museum).