dress

Woman's dress, pashk, of pink shot silk with panels and bands of embroidery in coloured silks. Two gussets under the arms. The long, full sleeves narrow towards the wrist, the ends of which are also trimmed with gold braid. Rectangular embroidered front panel to either side of the front opening reaching to the waist. Below this a further oblong panel with an upward point at the centre top; another oblong panel on either side of the opening and two smaller panels at the wrists. These panels are embroidered with geometrical designs. An embroidered band of narrow green and yellow horizontal stripes in alternation, edged with green, down either side of the middle panel. A similar band runs along the base of the tunic.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn3578
PLACE
COLLECTION
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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