Pages: 345-366

The article gives general characteristics of male and female Cumans’ costume on the basis of iconographic, linguistic, and archaeological data. The results of data analysis indicate that the complex of male costume consisted of tunic-like shirt, skinny pants with wide step, a coat, boots, the shaft of which was attached to the belt, and a conic hat. A distinctive feature of the male costume are the straps. Women’s costume consisted of a shirt, pants and a coat, the cut of which did not differ from men’s clothing, boots, and a sophisticated headdress, which varied depending on the age and social position of women. Costume of Cumans’ tribes was a stable complex, common to the various Cumans’ unions, and has many similarities with the traditional costume of the Turkic ethnic groups of Central Asia and the North Caucasus.

Keywords: Eastern European steppes, Cumans, costume, shoulder clothing, belt clothing

Information about author:

Alina Kharlamova (Kharkiv, Ukraine). Museum of Archaeology, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Alina Kharlamova (Kharkiv, Ukraine). Museum of Archaeology, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Svobody Sq., 4, Kharkiv, 61077, Ukraine
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