Headdress Decoration (Serajna)

Dateearly 20th Century

Object GeographyCentral Asia

MediumSilver, gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli

Dimensions6 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 1 in. (16.5 x 32.4 x 2.5 cm)

ClassificationsMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Mr. Stephen Van C. Wilberding, 2009

Object numberSN11187.36

Pendants fall only from its central joining section in this unique style of a married woman's headdress jewelry. Though this decoration, worn attached to a cloth-covered structure, has elements that are found in many of the objects exhibited here - pendants, soldered decorations, wire used as filigree - it is also different enough in execution to raise questions about which Turkomen tribe produced it. While certain decorative conventions can be attributed to particular tribes, others are more ambiguous.

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