258 SOLD Rare Museum Quality Perak Headdress from Ladakh

Sold to a discerning Antique Art-Lover

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This fine Perak head dress is from Changthang / Purang region that is now a part of Western Tibet, China.

Purang women wear two Peraks, one on the head and one on the shoulder each with the flat-shaped hood is preferred.

These Peraks are rarer to find due to political border issues.

This particular Perak is special on two counts. First : there are small coral chains that hang in front of the face like a veil. Secondly there are two rows of pearls that form borders along the hood. Both these features are rare.

This ancestral heirloom piece is a heavy piece and of unknown age.

Rare

Length 90cm including 15cm coral veil

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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