Tepelik (hat cover). Late-Ottoman. Tarsus Museum.

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Tepelik (hat cover). Late-Ottoman. Tarsus Museum.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on February 23, 2016 at 11:21pm

A ‘tepelik’ (festive woman’s hat cover) with long dangles all around. From the Yörük and Türkmen villages* of the Çukurova plain (east of Adana). Late-Ottoman era, ca. 1900. To be placed on top of a positively high hat. On exhibit in the Tarsus Museum. (© Dick Osseman).*: according to the museum’s assertion.

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Peter Hoesli February 24, 2016 at 12:05am

A great addition to EJ Jean-Marie. You are spoiling us! Thanks a lot for posting! Peter
Alaa eddine SAGID February 24, 2016 at 7:11pm

I second Peter and thank you for this very exhaustiv reports live from local museums.

I always make it on of my first stops to visit local museums when travelling, especially the ethnographic ones.

In Turkey i have had the chance, to visit those of Trabzon, Erzurum, Van, Gaziantep and i think Sanli urfa (i cant remember well) and i heard many great reports about the Ankara based one.

Could you recommend the most interesting ones or at least those with the richest exhibition.

Thanx again
Jean-Marie Criel February 24, 2016 at 10:50pm

To Alaa eddine and all who are eventually interested:

In my personal experience (which ended in 2005 – so, I can’t speak for all the recent developments in Turkish museums since) and confining myself to ‘clothing and traditional jewelry’, this is my ‘picking order’:

1) Izmir Ethnographical Museum -

    Istanbul (Büyükdere): Sadberg Hanım Müzesi (Archeology & Ethnography) -

   Ankara Ethnographical Museum.

2) Antalya Museum (Archeology & Ethnography) -

     Izmir Ege Üniversitesi Etnografya Müzesi -

    Konya Ethnographical Museum.

3) Istanbul Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi (Middle Ages & Ethnography) -

    Edirne Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi (mainly Ethnography) -

    Kars Müzesi (Archeology & Ethnography).

    Bursa: Uluumay Osmanlı Halk Kıyafetleri ve Takıları Müzesi (traditional dresses & jewelry)

The ‘Antalya Museum’, and the ‘Istanbul Türk ve Islam’ are very large. If the main goal of your visit is ‘costumes & jewelry’, it is wise to start at the museum’s last sections (where these items can be found). Otherwise you could find yourself exhausted by all the other marvels exhibited, when you finally reach the section that you originally aimed at…

Kind regards to all, JM.
Lynn Ardent February 25, 2016 at 5:16am

Fantastic jewel and thank you for the museum references! Are there any books you recommend on Turkish folk jewelry?
Betty February 25, 2016 at 12:06pm

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing these pictures.
Jean-Marie Criel February 25, 2016 at 1:52pm

to Lynn: As you can presume, I have quite some books about Anatolian costumes, embroidery, kilims, rugs, oya (Turkish lace), stockings,.. but none about jewelry. This seems to be a neglected subject matter. I only have some references in extended Museum catalogues, but they never make more than 5 % of the content... I never encountered such work on the internet either. Alas (3x).

With kind regards, JM.

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Tepelik (hat cover). Late-Ottoman. Tarsus Museum.

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