Gail Martin Gallery Image Enlargement

Ancient, antique and ethnographic textiles
   Central Asian

E227 TURKMENISTAN
WOMAN'S HEAD COVERING
GOKLAN PEOPLE
19th century

Silk; balanced plain weave with supplemental weft patterning; mounted size 59" X 56" This tribal group lives in the area where Turkmenistan borders Iran. It is a type of textile that rarely has been seen in the western world.