Witnesses of this are preserved wall paintings of the 6th – 7th c enturies, early medieval terracotta statues, coins and miniatures of the 15th – 16th centuries. In the territory of Samarkand and Samarkand region and today the Turkic word kalpok (cap) serves to designate t he skullcap. The Museum of History holds the rarest copy of the Kulkh (an early variety of cone-shaped quilted skullcaps) owned by a prominent cleric, the 17th century Bukhara lawyer, Sheikh Mavlono Sharif.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "The Collection of the State Museum of the History of Uzbekistan" (Part 2, Volume XXVII) in the series "Сultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the world collections".
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