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Head ornament (balgak)
Before the wedding, well-to-do Bukharan families would invite a goldsmith to their house, where he would make the jewelry for the bride, living there until the dowry preparations were completed. The jewelry was made of gold, colorful semiprecious stones, and pearls, some local and others imported, mainly from Russia. The jewelry remained the bride's private property throughout her life and was beq…
Type of item
- Object Type: headdress
- headdress
- Headdress
Date
- Late 19th century
Type of item
- Object Type: headdress
- headdress
- Headdress
Date
- Late 19th century
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Photo © IMJ, by Ohad Matalon
Creation date
- 1860/1899
- 1860/1899
Places
- Bukhara
Provenance
- Permanent loan from Benjamin Zucker, New York.
Identifier
- L-B93.0036
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/201718
Extent
- H: 12.5; Circ: 51 cm
Format
- Color: gold
- Color: green
- Color: green
- gold
- green
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- gold
Providing country
- Israel
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2021-10-21T20:12:44.106Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-06-24T12:34:00.608Z