ceremonial hanging (suzani)

Nationality
Uzbek
Creation date
Collection
Textiles
Materials
cotton
Dimensions
92 x 63 1/4 in.
Not Currently On View
Credit line
The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Accession number
33.800
Provenance
Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art (1933).
Gallery Label

Often part of a bride's dowry or given as gifts, these fabrics were used as wall hangings and curtains separating sleeping and living quarters in affluent Central Asian homes.

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