This headdress or perak is of the type worn by women in eastern Ladakh, on the western edge of the Tibetan plateau. The turquoises and corals sewn onto the headdress represented not only ornamentation but also a portable store of a woman’s wealth that could be sold piecemeal if required. Peraks were worn on important ritual occasions and passed down the generations from mother to daughter, usually at the time of a girl’s marriage. This headdress is also sewn with carnelians and plates of brass and silver.