Color in the Oasis: Ikats of Central Asia

October 30, 2008 through March 29, 2009

Ikat Panel, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, first half of 19th century. Silk. Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Guido Goldman, 2005.255. Photo: Photographic Services © President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Four resist-dyed textiles from Central Asia, including wall hangings and a Karakalpak woman's head veil.


Cocurated by Mary McWilliams, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum; and Jeffrey B. Spurr, Islamic and Middle East specialist, Harvard Fine Arts Library.

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