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Lakai
Uzbek
Sarah
Posey
Embroideries
from Afghanistan
Square
panel (ilgitss), Lakai Uzbek tribe, late 19th-early
20th century. Embroidery in silk thread on a woven
wool flannel ground, backed with woven cotton, with
tassels and a crocheted fringe of silk thread, featuring
metal thread. 72 x 85 cm.