Turkmen jewellery

Turkmen jewellers make bracelets, rings, earrings, breast ornaments, hair pieces and plaques for headdresses from silver, gilding them and setting them with red carnelian.

The amount of jewellery a woman wore showed her family's standing, and the jingling and the colour of the stones were thought to ward off the evil eye; a bride's wedding set was very heavy.

Turkmen women still wear traditional jewellery at holidays and weddings, and old pieces are kept in Ashgabat's museums and collections worldwide.