Tag Archives: Kurdish Textile Museum

Kurdish Textile Museum IV

I took a lot of pictures, so I thought another sampling would be appropriate.As I said, I am not normally a textiles fan, but hjere was something about the museum that day that struck a chord within me.

Kurdish Textile Museum III

Some more pictures in the series. Today we look at some traditional clothing styles. I’m not sure f these are common anymore, except for he men’s caps I didn’t see anyone dressed like this, but I was mostly in urban settings.

Kurdish Textile Museum II

Today is a day to let the pictures do the talking. The museum was more than just carpets hanging on the wall. Today so me aspects of Kurdish culture.

Kurdish Textile Museum I

I must confess I have little use for fashion or home décor (much to my wife’s dismay occasionally). So a textile museum is not high on my list. In Istanbul I skipped the Turkish carpet museum. In Erbil I went to the Kurdish Textile Museum, not because I was trying to salvage a visit to […]