Mordvin bridal headscarf

For a long time, headgear was used to show the status of women in the entire Finno-Ugric language area. In the early decades of Soviet rule in the 1920s and 1930s, Erzya-Mordvin brides wore spectacular, richly decorated headgear for the wedding.

SU2396:446. Photo: Matti Huuhka, 2010.