Jewelry

Women’s jewelry in accordance with its application is divided into parts of neck, breast, waist, wrist as well as clothing decorations. Head jewels included “papaqqabagı” (forehead), “diadem”, “chanaband”, “hook”, “telbasan”, “jiqqa” and others. Ear decorations such as “buta”, “badami” (almond), “sabati”, “gilasi”, “minare”, “aypara” (crescent), “yarpag” (leaf), “gul” (flower), “piyala zeng”,“sharli”, “girhduyme”, “uchduyme”, “dordduyme”, “beshduyme”, “ay-ulduz” and other kinds of ornaments have been widely spread. There are different elements of ornament- straight and broken lines, and zigzag, circles, triangles, small rhombus which are used for neck and chest decoration like “hamayil”, “heykal”, “uzluk”, “bajagli”, “hil”, “arpa”, “aypara”, “ay-ulduz”, “gul”, “shiri-xurshid”, “babaxani”,“gardanlıq”, “sinaband” and etc. Amongst neck decorations are distinguished ornaments like pearls, black gem, amber, agate, coral, turquoise including precious and semiprecious stones which were also used to make necklaces. Hand and wrist jewels mainly included various rings, arm bracelets and chain worn on the wrist. Bracelets “hasri”, “gul”, “yarpag”, ornament for rings like “gul”, “yarpaq”, “pahlava”, “perek”, “ayramja” and other types of decorations were used. Clothing design is grouped in two parts intended for wearing and decorations. Different decorative techniques were used on the garments including gulabatin (golden or silver embroidery), beads, pilek, quilting, garagez galloon, bafta (braid or lace trims), zanjira (fine needlework), beadwork, sarme and etc. Amongst embroidery ornaments made by jewelers are various elements of adornments such as buttons, hooks, crosses, collars, lapping, chanaband, papaqqabagı, perek and etc. Belt,pins, hooks, djigga, diadem and so others are used in wearing for cloth decoration.