Product Description

Antique Turkmen Gown 2

Material: Cotton
Style: Turkmen
Size:  Height 109 cm, Width 47cm (top), 65 cm (bottom)
Order Number: MHSATG3

Turkmens are a Central Asian Turkic ethnic group living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern Iran and Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and North Caucasus.

Turkmen woman’s gown called a chyrpy, lavishly embroidered with small motifs. They are worn over a tunic called a kurta., like a cloak covering the head and shoulders, with the long vestigial sleeves hanging down the back and joined by an embroidered band.

A dark-coloured chyrpy, like this one, would be worn by a young woman, yellow by a married or middle-aged woman, and white by a matriarch.

The motifs most frequently used are stylised flowers, and especially the tulip, the region’s most prolific wildflower, evoking springtime and blossoming.

Early 20th century.

Map of Turkmenistan.

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