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Important Ladakh headdress known as perak/peyrak.

Name: Important Ladakh headdress known as perak/peyrak.
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: W6VHBQRYSL
Price: 690 EUR
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Important Ladakh headdress known as perak/peyrak.

Composed of a long red padded fabric richly embellished with more than 330 natural turquoises interwoven with three reliquaries (Gau) and a carnelian appliqué surrounded by coral beads (species not subject to CITES).

The central part is encircled by two large black-dyed astrakhan fur earflaps, from which hang braids made of hair and wool tied together at the bottom.

Northern India, Himalayan region, Ladakh territory, 20th century.

Total length: 112 cm.

Provenance: Brought back from an ethnographic expedition in 1984.

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