A YELLOW SILK CHYRPE (CEREMONIAL ROBE)

TEKKE, 19TH CENTURY

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A YELLOW SILK CHYRPE (CEREMONIAL ROBE)
TEKKE, 19TH CENTURY
embroidered with star-burst flowers and serrated palmette flowers, wth residual sleeves tipped in red satin, with fringed hem

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Yellow silk robes are reserved for married women of the Tekke tribe. This kind of robe was worn over the head for celebrations such as weddings.

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