Women, in turn, sewed skull-caps and takhyas (skull-caps with embroidery). Elegant and high-quality products of local craftswomen were supplied not only to local markets, but also to neighboring countries.
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Khiva takhyas – chumakli, qazma (velvet), papakli, manotli inspire with their originality and charm.
From a young age, girls wore embroidered skull-caps. On the wedding’s eve, they received a gift from the groom – a skull-cap covered with beautiful colored velvet, edges trimmed with silk braid.
After the wedding, this skull-cap was replaced with a cone-shaped cap – takhya, which was sewn from brocade and silk, with the inner part made of calico and with a thin cotton layer to protect the owner from heat and cold. Such a headdress was complemented by various kinds of jewelry plaques. Takhya was worn for several years meaning that its owner was a young daughter-in-law.