Exhibition

Kaleidoscopic Dreamcoats: Central Asian Ikat Robes
Mull Gallery, November 29, 2000 to December 2, 2002
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
  

Woman's Munisak Robe Uzbekistan, possibly from Samarkand mid to late 19th century Warp-faced plain weave silk warp, cotton weft ikat (adras, ishtope, or dagir) Neck to hem: 52"/132.1 cm Cuff to cuff: 54¼"/137.8 cm Kent State University Museum, Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.1.1994 The purple tulip-shaped motifs surround a light green stylized cypress, or tree-of-life core. Filling the space between decorative fields are patches striped yellow and red on a white ground. Emerging from the tulip end is an abstracted scorpion shape. Red silk embroidery under the sleeves at the junction of the bodice and gathered skirt. Unlined. The sheen from the beating and polishing of the cloth is still perceptible.