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Women's waistband with old coins. Central Anatolia, mid-20th century.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on May 9, 2016 at 6:13pm

A three-pointed 'paralı arkalık' (waistband with coins, worn on the back) for women. From central Anatolia, mid-20th century. Reassembled entirely on new cloth, in order to wear it during folk dance appearances. 210 late-Ottoman & early-Republican (middle-sized) coins (1900-'43), three larger Ottoman silver coins (ca. 1800), plastic beads and a narrow card-woven woollen belt adorned with glass rings & animal hair tassels. Purchased in Konya in 1994. (Inv.n° müç179 - Kavak Costume Collection-Antwerpen/Belgium).