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- Kirghiz Ilgich
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- Age: Late 19th C.
- Country: Kirgyzstan
- Size: 39" x 42" 90 x 107 cm.
- Price: $450.00
- This remarkable textile may have functioned as a Kirghiz dowry piece to be used during a wedding ceremony (I owe this information to Elmira Gyul of the Fine Arts Institute of Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan). It is composed of various textile fragments in wool, silk and cotton employing a large array of needle and weaving techniques. The colors appear to be from natural sources. The central design elements are worked in metal wrapped thread. This is a rare, powerful and beautiful Central Asian artifact.
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