Auction 36 - Objects: Judaica, Israeliana, Numismatics and Medals
Palestinian Wedding Headdress
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Palestinian wedding headdress. Eretz Israel, early 20th century.
Embroidery threads, cotton and various silver coins.
This marvelous headdress probably belongs to the "Silver Hat" (Wukayat el Dirham) type of headdress that was worn by the bride only during the wedding ceremony. The upper part of this hat is round and flat, and it is embroidered in silk thread and decorated with approximately a few hundred silver coins in fish scale style. Over the forehead there is a geometrical decoration made of beads and coins. Over the ears are two triangles decorated with many coins. Over the ears are decorations shaped as long earrings. In the neck area, a rectangle embroidered cloth with coins is attached. The coins are of different origin: Maria Theresa thalers, Ottoman Empire coins, and Russian Kopeks dating to the mid 19th century.
Diameter: 18.5 cm, Length of the rectangular piece: 30 cm, some of the embroidery is restored.
Embroidery threads, cotton and various silver coins.
This marvelous headdress probably belongs to the "Silver Hat" (Wukayat el Dirham) type of headdress that was worn by the bride only during the wedding ceremony. The upper part of this hat is round and flat, and it is embroidered in silk thread and decorated with approximately a few hundred silver coins in fish scale style. Over the forehead there is a geometrical decoration made of beads and coins. Over the ears are two triangles decorated with many coins. Over the ears are decorations shaped as long earrings. In the neck area, a rectangle embroidered cloth with coins is attached. The coins are of different origin: Maria Theresa thalers, Ottoman Empire coins, and Russian Kopeks dating to the mid 19th century.
Diameter: 18.5 cm, Length of the rectangular piece: 30 cm, some of the embroidery is restored.
Israeliana
Israeliana