Puppet "Aylyk kyz Shura" – Russian servant girl
Uzbek
Turkestan Krai, Syr-Darya Oblast, city Shymkent
late 19th century
Porcelain, cotton textile
РЭМ 1272-8
A puppet of the glove puppet theater (Uzbek: "kul kurchak"). Aylyk is Uzbek for "monthly employee." After the formation of the Turkestan Territory (1867), representatives of various ethnic groups from central Russia resettled there, either permanently or temporarily, which was reflected in the repertoire of local puppeteers.
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