About Ak-Kalpak Felt Hat
Ak-kalpak means "white hat" and nothing more. Four wedges of hand-felted, undyed sheep's wool are cut, wetted, rolled and seamed into a crown that stands up like a Tian Shan snow peak. Black velvet trims the turned-up brim; a single embroidered cord curls across it.
Everything in this system follows from that construction. Four-fold symmetry is the grid. Undyed white is the ground and most of the page. Black carries every line, every letter, every edge. Ornament is one cord, drawn once.
- Origin
- Kyrgyzstan — the Tian Shan mountains and the Central Asian steppe
- Era
- Centuries of documented Kyrgyz nomadic dress; UNESCO inscription 2019
- Key figures
- Village kalpakchy master craftswomen · Kyrgyz household felt-makers
- Movements
- Kyrgyz felt craft (shyrdak, ala-kiyiz) · Central Asian nomadic dress · UNESCO intangible cultural heritage
Ak-Kalpak Felt Hat design spec
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PT SerifHeadings
PT SansBody
PT MonoMono
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