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Palestinian Money Hat Ottoman Tukish Empire
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This is a truly extraordinary wedding headdress, known as a Wuqayat al-durahem , or "money hat." It was traditional among the people of Hebron and surrounding villages (Palestine) in the mid 1800's. These headdresses were sometimes owned communally and lent out for a bride to wear during marriage festivities, which are still very important events throughout the Arab world. Collected over 30 years ago in Jerusalem, this example is in fine condition and heavy with hundreds of old coins dating back to the Ottoman sultans' reigns from the 1700's on. The string of colored glass and plastic beads is a later addition, typical of these treasured headdresses that were added to and embellished over generations. This headdress would be a very desirable museum piece for any serious ethnographic collection. For another example, very similar, in the Museum of Mankind, London, Ive Seen The Individual Coins That Make Up This Hat Listed Here For as Much as 65.00 And as low 17.00 Even with the holes punched in them these are antiquities and were used in very unique and interesting waysI am listing this rare antique treasure based on wholesale value of the coins and aprox silver weight of the ornamatation that comprise the whole pieceI Urge you not to overlook the cultural significance of this item being intact in my months of research Ive only found 2 others similar the one in the museum of mankind in london is the closest example and is described as priceless It Is Pictured With The Black Background In The Selection Of PhotosDennis 00-
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