Among Zoroastrian burial items, there is a camel-shaped zoomorphic OSTADON lying there. It was found…
Local diadems embodied ancient images and ideas that existed among the peoples of Central Asia.
In Khorezm, the main part of the wedding headdress was the decoration on the forehead. The bird's lines are reflected in the placement and shape of this decoration.
It is not accidental that the names used in different regions for tiaras – qosh tillo (tilla-qosh), boloabru preserved an indication of the eyebrows (“abru”, “kosh”), the semantics of which in folk etymology are associated with the image of a bird which happens to be a symbol of happiness and welfare in the East. This connection was especially evident in the same name of a Khorezm ornament kanot osma – “wings bird”.
With time the image of the bird became metaphorical and abstract, but even in the tiaras of the 19th – early 20th century it is possible to distinguish the stylized bird head in the central part and the “spreading wings” that extend from it, and delicate notched strokes imitating feathers. In the openwork pattern of the upper part of these ornaments there is a reflection of floral, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic, as well as cosmic motifs, which, like the many pendants (turquoise, corals) were endowed by folk tradition with protective properties and auspicious magic.
You can learn more about this topic in the book-album "The Collection of the Russian Museum of Ethnography" (Volume II) (St. Petersburg, Russia) from the series "The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan".
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