Terms and conditions of use
Woman's tunic
(Kuylak)
(20th century)
- Medium
- silk and cotton (adras)
- Measurements
- 116.0 cm (centre back) 191.0 cm (cuff to cuff)
- Place/s of Execution
- Uzbekistan / Afghanistan
- Accession Number
- 2012.347
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Vivien Knowles, 2012
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- Level 1, NGV International
- About this work
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Uzbek garments often feature boldly patterned, vividly coloured fabrics made using the resist-dyeing technique ikat. In Central Asia, a local term for ikat is abr, meaning ‘cloud’, a reference to the soft, slightly blurred edges surrounding the patterns. Fabrics were traditionally produced by men employed in family and guild-based workshops. Pattern designers, thread binders, dyers and weavers created specialist fabrics sold in the bazaars of Silk Road towns and cities, including Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. At home, many women reared silkworms to provide yarn and sewed garments for family members.