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Chyrpy (not cherpi or chirpi) An
embroidered women's garment worn by Teke Turkmen
women. It is a coat-like cape worn on the head
with false sleeves hanging in the back. The false
sleeves are a characteristic of Oguz clothes well
back into the 16th century. See the work by Bizad
below.
A few examples
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Execution
Before a King by Bihzad
This is from a manuscript in the Chester Beatty
Library Dublin (MS 163) and is gennerally attributed to
Bihzad putting this in the first half of the sixteenth
century. Note that two of the men are wearing coats where
the sleeve extends well past their finger tips. This is
fairly common among the court elite. It is clear to this
writer that the Teke Chyrpy is a remnant of this earlier
custom.
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