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    "localId": "167454",
    "label": "Woman’s Robe (munisak)",
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    "id": "167454",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Woman’s Robe (munisak)",
    "description": "Dazzling ikat velvet robes, the most sumptuous, expensive, and prestigious type of ikat, were worn throughout Central Asia by men and women. This resplendent robe with a V-shaped neckline, fitted torso, and slightly flaring skirt features stylized blossoming plants, pomegranates, and auspicious curved ram’s horns, all with irregular contours of the resist-dye ikat technique. Such female robes were culturally significant in Central Asia. Made for wedding dowries with fabric from the groom’s family, women wore <em>munisaks</em> for rites of passage throughout their lives, as a bride, at family festivals, and funerals.",
    "date": "1850–75",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.267",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79999274"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Garment"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 132.1 x 150 cm (52 x 59 1/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Uzbekistan, Bukhara"
    ],
    "accession": "2009.267"
}

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    "tec": "Silk: velvet ikat",
    "tombstone": "Woman’s Robe (munisak), 1850–75. Uzbekistan, Bukhara. Silk: velvet ikat; overall: 132.1 x 150 cm (52 x 59 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Arlene C. Cooper, 2009.267",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gervers, V. “Construction of Türkmen Coats.” <em>Textile History</em> 14, no. 1 (1983):",
            "page_number": "p. 3-27",
            "url": "https://doi.org/10.1179/004049683793690679"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Thompson, Jon, and Thomas J. Farnham. <em>Timbuktu to Tibet: Exotic Rugs &amp; Textiles from New York Collectors</em>. New York, NY: Hajji Baba Club, 2008.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 3, pp. 60-61"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mackie, Louise. \"Embroidered Surcoat.\" <em>Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine,</em> 54 no. 1 (January/February 2014): 27.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 27",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2014-01/page/n25/mode/2up"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Highet, Juliet. \"Silks from Islamic Lands.\"<em> The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries</em> 17, issue 5 (March 2014):16-18.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 18"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: <em>Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland, OH; New Haven, CT: The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 9.60, p. 400"
        },
        {
            "citation": "\"The Ubiquitous Ikat.\" <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textile</em>s. Issue 200. Summer 2019. London: Oguz Press, 1978- London : Hali Publications",
            "page_number": "p. 60-63"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.267",
    "creditline": "Gift of Arlene C. Cooper",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:37:43.674000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.267/2009.267_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 167454,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "Silk: velvet ikat",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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