Forms and types of jewelry, as well as technique vary and depend on the region.
Silver and gilded chest adornments such as – zebigardon, nozigardon, buyin tumor, kultuk tumor, sinsila, tavk, khapaband and others; neck – marzhon, nozik; belt – kalitbogi, kamarband, hair adornement – tuf, chochpopuk and others were widely used.
The wearing of tumor amulets was considered obligatory. They differed in shapes, but mainly they were an integral part of breast or armpit adornment, although they could be worn separately.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "The Collection of the State Museum of the History of Uzbekistan" (Part 2, Volume XXVII) in the series "Сultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the world collections".
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