Coat (Choga)
Object type: Coat
Department: Islamic Art
Date: mid-19th century or earlier
Medium: Ground fabric: hand-spun red plain-weave wool (warp and weft); embroidery: silk; facing: ikat silk (warp), cotton (weft); lining: roller-printed Russian cotton
Dimensions: H. from shoulder to bottom hem: 50 3/4 in. (129 cm)
W. of arms: 72 1/2 in. (184 cm)
W. of body: 34 1/2 in. (87.6 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Geography: Made in    Present-day Turkmenistan  
Credit line: Purchase, Hajji Baba Club and The Page and Otto Marx Jr. Foundation Gifts, in memory of Newton Foster, 1998
Accession year: 1998