One end of an 'uçkur' (woman's sash / waist band) with embroidered ends.  Crimean Tatar, probably from Romania, ca. 1900.  Cotton (muslin), 28 x 168 cm.  Featuring a 'Tree of Life' motif. Height of the embroidery (from the tip of flower to edge of cloth: 22 cm. On the back of cloth there is stamp, in Russian, indicating the Crimean origin of the sash.  (The Asiye-Zeynep Collection, Washington DC).
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