In addition, there is a selection of Turkmen jewellery, including bridal and marriage headdresses and diadems, hair pendants, chest panels, bracelets, and rings. There are items from the Ensari, Guklan, Nakholi, Teke as well as Yomut Turkmen. TRC 1997.0122The Turkmen items include complete outfits of men and women, as well as individual garments. The items range from small purses and plait bags (literally to cover a woman’s plaited hair) to lavish gowns and decorative yurt panels and bags.ĭress for an Uzbek woman, 1980s. The exhibition is used to explore the various types of textiles and their decoration associated with this vast region, notably the colourful ikats, velvets (plain and decorative), as well as the embroideries and printed ornamentations. Many of the objects displayed are associated with the Uzbeks, but there is a sizeable selection of Turkmen dress and jewellery, as well as Hazara, Kazakh, Kyrghys, Pashtun and Tajik forms. For centuries the peoples of these countries have travelled from one area to another and so created a melting pot of ethnic and cultural groups. The exhibition is based on the extensive collection of Central Asian garments, textiles and jewellery now housed in the Textiles Research Centre, Leiden (for the online catalogue, click here).įor the purpose of this exhibition, the definition of Central Asia has been based on the so-called ‘stans’, so including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The package will be available from the summer of 2018, following its display at the Textile Research Centre in Leiden between September 2017 and February 2018. It has also developed a distinctive style of clothing that is well suited to the hot summers and freezing winters, as well as the plains and mountains of this vast region. Located on the so-called Silk Road, it has seen and used textiles from China, Mongolia, India, Iran (Persia) as well as the Middle East and Europe. Factory woven ground cloth with applied metal thread braid (passementerie).Central Asia, especially Uzbekistan, has long been famous for its production of textiles and garments. TRC Exhibition Package: CENTRAL ASIAN DRESS
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