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Caucasian women's belts. From the Kars province, late-Ottoman era, 19th & early 20th century. The ethnic origins are not given (Armenian, Georgian, Circassian, Azeri, etc.), neither for the silversmiths, nor for the former owners. High grade silver, engraved & niello decoration. On exhibit in the Kars Provincial Museum. (both pictures: © Dick Osseman).
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