cl-Afghnistan-msg - 9/22/00

Period clothing of Afghanistan.

NOTE: See also the files: clothing-msg, clothing-bib, turbans-msg, pants-msg, 
Armenia-TL-art, Khazars-msg, Mongols-msg, Mongl-Mission-art, kumiss-msg.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:40:40 -0700
From: Elizabeth Young <lizyoung at fenris.net>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Afghan costume

OK. I've been there and done this, which is why I ended up with a
persona from the city of Herat, now in modern Afghanistan.
If you want period clothing and accouterments, your best bet is to look
at Persian miniature painting. There are plenty of dashing guys (and
some girls) on horseback in these paintings. There are even some
paintings specifically from Herat! "Persia" was huge in period -
sometimes bits on the extreme edges would split off when one warlord or
another would get too full of himself, but I consider it to generally
include modern Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan.
In terms of books to go look at - I'd recommend this one first (I really
hope it is still in print 'cause it is excellent!).
Persian Painting, Sheila R Canby, Thames and Hudson, 1993, ISBN
0-500-27730-3
It is small and inexpensive (about $15) and I'll bet it can be
interlibrary loaned also.

My feeling is that clothing styles changed very little in period. The
biggest change I can see (based on painting styles) is when the Chinese
influence arrived. This affected schools of painting in the east more
(like Herat).

I'll stop now, but I have some resources on my page you may find
helpful.
http://fenris.net/~lizyoung/

'A'isha

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