Turkmen Historical

 

Sinsile headdress Crown

This crown is made out of various materials such as silver, silver shot, table-cut carnelians, turquoise beads, and gilded chains. In my point of view, the technique that was used in this headpiece for the carnelians is a rub-over setting and how the loop-in-loop is soldered on the crown to hold the dangling chains with teardrop-shape pendants. From ancient times jewellery made by Turkmen craftsmen was mostly handmade. 

According to art historian Layla Diba, ''Jewellery was used as a way to establish one's rank in Turkmen society''. In this case, the Sinsile piece was worn by young girls in daily life to indicate their marital status. Perhaps this specific headdress is for unmarried women of Turkmen culture.