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This is a fantastic piece, Peter. Congratulations.
Peter, how is this worn, it looks to me more like a brassiere. Very fascinating and worn. Gr.Ingrid.
It is most definitely a headpiece, worn on a large structure above the head. A classical example of its type.
Dear Peter and Joost, thank you for your confirmation that it is a headdress. Going to look again at the earlier photo you placed Peter.
I saw that too Charlotte, GR. Ingrid.
The way this is worn as part of a large headdress is shown in the D. and R. Schletzer book *Alter Silberschmuck der Turkmenen*, p. 212. The piece is called a "serajna".
Dear Joost - thank you. That is another book to go onto my shopping list! I have tried searching for images of how it would be worn on Google, but no luck yet.
Hi Charlotte (and others): Google "serajna Schletzer". You will get four entries. Choose the FOURTH entry, which is a PDF. That will show you pages (I think 39 and 40) which contain both a photo of the serajna itself (very similar to Peter's) and next the drawing in the Schletzer book. Good luck!