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Yomud Hoops

Posted by Cam Knuckey on February 13, 2011 at 2:45pm

A pair of old Yomud Turkoman "gulak khaka" (large embossed gilt silver and glass ear hopps)They are quite worn especially around the base where the silver is heavily eroded (another row of protruding hollow knobs have worn off.).This wear indicates long wear probably dating to the late 19th or early 20th Century

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