Crown
Turkmen women wear a variety of different headdresses called sinsile. This piece, an example of the type worn by young girls every day until they are married, is remarkable for its opulence. It is a crown richly embellished with 377 turquoise beads and 33 table-cut carnelians. Thirteen pendants in teardrop form suspended from chains hang from the bottom section of the crown. The upper section is decorated with three half moons, a symbol of the rise and decline of human life.
Artwork Details
- Title: Crown
- Date: late 19th–early 20th century
- Geography: Country of Origin Central Asia or Iran
- Medium: Silver; with silver shot, table-cut carnelians, turquoise beads, and gilded loop-in-loop chains with pendants
- Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) - Classification: Metal
- Credit Line: Gift of Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.544.8
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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