Women's robe

Buryats

Trans-Baikal Oblast

early 20th century

Silk, velvet, cotton textile, copper, silk threads

length 130.0; width in shoulders 34.0; length of sleeves 65.0

РЭМ 8762-19368

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

The right to wear silk and brocade clothing, as well as the use of blue fabrics in costume, was considered a privilege of the nobility. A characteristic feature of the robe of a married woman of the Transbaikal Buryats was its composite sleeves: the lower part, from the elbow to the cuff, was always made of a different color fabric. At the shoulder, the sleeves were gathered, forming puffs. The sleeves ended in hoof-shaped cuffs. Buryat women usually wore the cuffs turned up; they were only lowered for the New Year's festival of Sagaalgan.

Costume, women's