Bukharan Horse Blanket

Horse blanket (chabrak), from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1900. Horse blanket (chabrak), from Bukhara, Uzbekistan, c. 1900. © Foto: Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Acc. no. I B. 2697.

The Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin houses a cotton horse blanket (chabrak), acquired c. 1900 by Willi Rickmer Rickmers (1873-1965). It is decorated with embroidery and paillettes.

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin online catalogue (retrieved 4 December 2016).

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