Woman's robe (munisak)
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Woman's coat with full skirt gathered into the waist seam, asymmetrical front opening, and long sleeves which narrow to the wrist, made of silk warp ikat in bright colors of blue, green, yellow, burgundy, and white. Ties at waist are a flat braid of green and red silk with silver beads and elaborate red and green silk tassels at the ends. Unlined.
place: label: made in
content: Afghanistan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1979-24-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Woman's robe (munisak)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with tied resist patterning in warp (ikat) Label: silk warp ikat
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 142.9 x 148 cm (56 1/4 x 58 1/4 in.)