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From: Exploring the transition from natural to synthetic dyes in the production of 19th-century Central Asian ikat textiles

Fig. 1

Motifs present on some of the ikats investigated from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery collection, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: gifts of Guido Goldman. Top: left—crescent and flowers (S2004.66); middle—amulets (S2004.91); right—tambourines and S-curved horns (S2004.84). Bottom: left—rams’ horns (S2004.78); middle—cypress trees (S2004.85); right—heart-shaped asyk or shagai, probably representing the ankle bones of a sheep or goat (S2004.92)

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