Uzbek painting

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Olga Monina illustration for "The Magic Carpet : Uzbek Folk Tales ".

The Uzbek are a Turkic people of Central Asian origin, and they live primarily in modern Uzbekistan, but there are large populations in northern Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. A feature of both male and female Uzbek clothing is the use of ikats and embroidery. In the past, Uzbek men were wearing cotton trousers and a long cotton tunic. The trouser legs and cuffs were often embroidered. One or more kaftans (chapan), often in ikat, were worn on top. The kaftan reached to just below…

Although the kneeling prisoner is secured by a wooden yoke, he still has his bow (in a case decorated with a simurgh, a mythical phoenix-like bird, chasing a rabbit), quiver, dagger, sword, and a red riding crop (whip). His large white turban features the typical Uzbek striated cone support with a dimpled tip. Although such representations of Uzbek prisoners date back to about 1550, they remained popular until the late sixteenth century, when Uzbek rule came to an end in Herat.