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Document Details : Title: A Figured Textile from Safavid Iran in the Northern Caucasus Author(s): DODE, Zvezdana Journal: Khil'a Volume: 2 Date: 2006 Pages: 83-95 DOI: 10.2143/KH.2.0.2021285 Abstract : This study tells about a small kaftan of turquoise silk, which was found in the early twentieth century in a late medieval cemetery in North Ossetia, northern Caucasus. The garment is decorated with woven images, including human figures among a lush floral vegetation. The kaftan is now housed in the St. Petersburg Russian Ethnographic Museum. |
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