The Ethnography Museum was a very worthy visit. To be able to see how the folks lived and interacted with each other is our kind of thing. Add to that outfits and tools and we are in Hog Heaven
he looks a bit haunted, maybe because he had to give up the absolute power and settle for a constitutional monarchy
We see why all there were so many fancy medals in the other museum
The Hungarian Royals needed to have food and drink while out hunting
Silver balls, silver balls
Coffee houses became intensely popular in Istanbul after the introduction of coffee from Yemen in 1517, so much so that there was a Fatwah against coffee drinking. The Sultan put the squash on that, too much money generated by the coffee and productivity was a a all time high
Turkish coffee is so strong, this is a full sized cup
So very fancy!
The job of calligrapher was steady business and well regarded
Shadow Puppets!
Just a severed head and legs made out of more heads
Some of the stories are as old as 1517
The tools of rug making
A wheel of wool
A rug showing the city of Constantinople from the 1800's
Below the sign was the chain that was used to keep the Turkish Navy from entering the Golden Horn during the conquest of the city
Fancy dress for the wealthy folk
Rubies and emeralds
One of many men with their open wound heads: hair transplants
The German pavilion
A fine stereotype
Very pretty flower
