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Concealed hair covering (
kallapüshak
)
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Concealed hair covering (
kallapüshak
)
Concealed hair covering (
kallapüshak
)
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
1940s
Metal-thread embroidery on velvet
L: 49; W: 17 cm
Purchase, Bruce Kovner Fund
Accession number:
B13.1830
Jewish Art and Life
Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Yair Hovav
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