Open AccessWomen’s Veiling: Everyday and Ceremonial Practices of Central-Asian Peoples
Author(s) -
Tereza Hejzlarová,
Olga Starostina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kulturní studia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2533-7599
pISSN - 2336-2766
DOI - 10.7160/ks.2021.170202
Subject(s) - clothing , period (music) , everyday life , ethnography , st petersburg , visual arts , central asia , history , national museum , art , geography , ancient history , archaeology , aesthetics , political science , metropolitan area , law
The study presents an analysis of traditional forms of clothing serving for women’s veiling in Central Asia in the period from the second half of the 19th century to the 20th century, focusing on its occurrence and importance in both everyday and ceremonial practices. The study addresses particular types of veiling, their common features, and differences related to the manner of wearing, as well as the materials and the decorative designs used. An important part of the study is a catalogue representing individual types of clothing from the above determined period from the museum collections of the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg and the National Museum – the Náprstek Museum in Prague.