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Anatolia · Abundance and fertility

Küpe (earring)

A young girl’s wish to marry.

What does it mean?

The earring motif expresses a young girl’s wish to marry [1].

Related plants

  • Henna: Applied to the bride’s hand on the henna night: the plant of the passage into marriage.

Same theme

Elibelinde (hands on hips)Koçboynuzu (ram’s horn)Bereket (abundance)Nar (pomegranate)Başak (wheat ear)Asma ve üzüm (vine leaf and grape cluster)Bukağı (hobble)Ruyi

Sources

  1. Hakkâri Kilimi coğrafi işaret tescil belgesi, Türk Patent ve Marka Kurumu, 2023

Drawing: Bitki Tabanı, interpreted from the traditional motif.