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Women's forehead ornament. Western Anatolia, late-Ottoman, ca. 1850-1900.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on July 20, 2016 at 1:45am

'Alınlık' (forehead ornament) for women, from western Anatolia. Late-Ottoman, c. 1850-1900. Copper, with traces of silver plating. Two blue glass paste stones and one red stone. Decor of the three plates in Turkish (neo-)Barock style; the three small hooks on their reverse made it possible to use it also as a breast ornament. 62 cm wide. (Inv.n° müç043 - Kavak Costume Collection - Antwerpen/Belgium).

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Jean-Marie Criel July 20, 2016 at 1:50am

Two close-ups of the jewel.
Thelma July 21, 2016 at 12:24pm

This is a very delicate and pretty forehead ornament, Jean Marie. It's interesting how this design with the three platelets can be found in so many different cultures, for instance, in Turkoman forehead ornaments.