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Antique Woman’s Tekke Turkmen Chyrpy
A woman's head cover in the form of a coat, wore by a young married woman of the Turkmen Tekke people. Silk embroidery on dark silk or mixed silk fabric. Its narrow, vestigial sleeves are joined together across the back of the garment with a band. A brown weave and different floral patterned Russian cotton for lining
Circa 1850
