It was made of blue homespun fabric. The entire front part of the dress was covered with red, yellow and green silk threads, embroidery crossing were a very fine work.
Location of embroidered patterns, including the encoded information of a women’s tribe and the history of her origin, wishes a happy future and magic spells that protected against the evil eye, gave the dress a sacred meaning.
You will find more examples of national Uzbek clothes in the book-album "Traditional Uzbek costume on materials of museum and private collections of Uzbekistan (Part 2)" (volume XLIX) from the series "Cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the world collections".
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