No wonder the surviving samples of antique footwear occupy a worthy place in museum exhibitions, along with jewellery, artistic embroidery and noble patterns of ancient ceramics.
The shoes of the master were made of various types of leather, which the artisans charmgar-kunchilar crafted from sheep (charm), goat (kairok, buzi), ox (bulgar) and other skins. The leather was coloured in different colours. The most popular men’s footwear was shoes kavush or kaush, which in each region had their own characteristics. For example, Tashkent kavushi was distinguished by high heels and twisted nose. Other men’s footwear was boots muki and chorik. One of their varieties is mala etik or kun etik, as they were called in Fergana. They were sewn from thick, but soft leather, coloured brown or yellow, sometimes with suede being side up.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "The Collection of the State Museum of the History of Uzbekistan" (Volume XXVII) in the series "The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan".
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