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Dear Jean-Marie; It is very nice to see the ornament fastened on the actual head cover. Many thanks for posting this beauty! Peter
Beautiful head decoration attractive and elegant. I love the refined file grain work of the main pendant. And than of course the TULIPS which we dutch took over from Turkey. Also the coral top quality to charm and give it color. Were this type of hats always dark-red? And do you know if it stands for something? The necklace you placed underneath is to go as a set? Thank you for showing it so lively. Gr. Ingrid.
@ Ingrid: The second picture is not a necklace, but the same ornament (shown completely) that is fixed on the hat in the first picture. As for the colour of women's hats in Anatolia: as far as I remember, all felt caps/hats (or coated cardboard hats) that I saw were in shades of red. Most knitted or crochet worked caps (Bursa Keles, Biga Pomak, Kurdish: Urfa, Hakkari, Diyarbakır,...) are black, but adorned with embroidery, beadwork, sequins and/or golden thread). I don't think the colour had/has special meaning; I never heard anything about it, not in general, anyway. With kind greetings, JM.