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Traditional headgear. Şalpazarı (Trabzon) / Turkey. Çepni Turks.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 28, 2016 at 2:08am

Traditional headgear from the Şalpazarı district (70 km west of Trabzon). In the fashion of the 1980s. It consists of two ‘oyalı yazma’ (edged head scarves); in this example, the white one is adorned with an edge made of glass pearls, while the black one is edged with a ‘pullu iğne oyası’ (needle lace combined with metal sequins). Ethnic group: Çepni Türkleri. (Inv.nr. baş030 - Kavak Costume Collection-Antwerpen/Belgium).

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