See also the TRC digital exhibition Dressing The Stans: Textiles, Dress and Jewellery from Central Asia (TRC, Leiden, 2017).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art online catalogue (retrieved 5th January 2017).
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Munisak Woman's Robe (Uzbekistan)
Woman's robe from Uzbekistan, c. 1875.
Courtesy Los Angeles County Museum of Art, acc. no. M.76.43.2.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art houses a woman's robe (munisak) from Uzbekistan, dating to about c. 1875. It is 117 cm long and has a bottom width of 159 cm. It is made of silk and a cotton resist-dye warp thread (ikat). It is furthermore decorated with silk thread embroidery.
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Daily and general garments and textiles