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Two women's belts. From Anatolia, late-Ottoman. Ankara Ethnographic Museum

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on March 28, 2016 at 9:53pm

Top: (partly gilt) silver filigree belt, 110 cm long. Probably from southeastern Anatolia. 82 plaques affixed to each other with rings and decorated with blossoms. The buckle is adorned with a central relief blossom and leaves; a short double chain with dangles is attached to its right end.Bottom: Gilt silver, 97 cm long, 4 cm wide. 'Trabzon work' (rush-math technique), made in Samsun. With a filigree buckle. The belt is stamped 'Mihail' and 'Samsun'. (both: Ankara Ethnographic Museum).

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