Objects
Women's head band. Turkmen
Women's head band. Turkmen
Title
Women's head band
Ethnic groups
Turkmen
Territory
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Tashauzskaya Oblast, Kunya-Urgench district
Date
1940-1951
Collectors-person
Knorozov Yuri V.
Rubrics
Costume, Costume, headdress
Material
Cloth: calico
Dimensions
length 300.0; width 60.0
Number
РЭМ 6620-7
Annotation
“Alyn-dany” of a rectangular piece of orange calico, with large and small pink flowers. The band was part of the women’s headgear to be wrapped as a turban over a “yaglyk” headscarf. Traditionally, a “dany” headscarf served this function with the Yamoud women of Dashoguz.