Turquoise bonnet and ceremonial garments

These do not belong to me but I have written permission to show photos here directly from the owner.
I think you can agree they are interesting.

I have close up images of the bottom section too. Bonnet is almost 1 foot tall, with shoulder and front piece approximately 5 feet in length.

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Can you share the country of origin, context for how they are worn, and era of these objects?

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@chicfarmer I honestly have no idea, a friend inherited them hidden amongst an additional 30,000 pieces (yes not a mistake). The person who bought them holidayed extensively in Thailand, Cambodia and far east sorry I can’t pin it down more than that.

Thanks for sharing, very pretty and interesting. I did a quick image search and it seems that they are antique items from the Tibetan region.

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Thank you for finding out more about these @Bluegreen. I have forwarded the information to my friend: she is so delighted to finally know more about it. You are so kind to help.

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A little more information from wiki…

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It’s my pleasure @LiquidGold , and thank you and your friend for showing these beautiful items!

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