Product Description

Antique Turkmen Man’s Skullcap 1

Material: Cotton
Style: Turkmen
Size:  Height 11 cm, Diameter 23 cm
Order Number: MHSATS1

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

Embroidered man’s skull cap, made by a nomadic Turkmen woman in Turkmenistan, Central Asia, in about 1920.

Caps are worn by men, women, and children throughout Central Asia. Muslim men wear skullcaps indoors to cover a shaven head. When they were outside in the street or travelling they were worn under a turban .

The motifs identify the ethnic group, class, religion and area where the wearer lives.

An embroiderer’s skill was important and gave prestige to the woman, her husband and family. Girls learnt the art from their mothers. They embroidered textiles for their dowries, wall hangings, storage bags, cushion covers, sheets and clothes.

Early 20th century.

Map of Turkmenistan.

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