Woman's wedding headdress

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Woman's wedding headdress,

ca. 1900

Artist unidentified
Bukharan
2024-87

Information

Title
Woman's wedding headdress
Dates

ca. 1900

Maker
Artist unidentified
Medium
Gold, silver gilt, beads, turquoise, carnelian, red coral, glass, fabric, and thread
Dimensions
diam. 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2024-87
Place Made

Asia, possibly Uzbekistan

Type
headdresses
Subject
Bukhara, dowries, jewelry, weddings, costume, Judaica, Jewish

Abraham Halpern (private collection, purchase date unknown, until 2023); The Halpern Judaica Collection: Tradition and Treasure, Part III, 14 December 2023, New York [Lot 114]; by purchase Princeton University Art Museum, 2023.

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