Men`s clothing

Men’s clothing includes upper garments, footwear, headgear such as chuha, koynek, kurk, yapandji, shalvar, jorab, dolag, charig, bashmag, high knee chekme , kemer, gurshaq and papag. Chuha is generally made of broadcloth and simple fabrics .In Karabakh in order to make clothing of that type was used fabric woven from goat’s thread made at master’s manufactory. In the 18 th and 19 th centuries traditional men’s clothing set includes chapkan as well. Men’s papag (hat) was considered to be a symbol of man’s dignity and honor related to the mentality of people. So, papag became the totem for nation and that peculiarity turned it to be the rare unique exhibit. It should be noted that throughout the 19th century, all men in Karabakh, regardless their age wore papag of different forms and shapes, cone-shaped or sharp ended made of leather. In the late of the 19 th and early 20 th centuries, so called ‘Karabakh shaped papag” which had round and light forms came into fashion . Men’s clothing decoration included various elements mainly such as kemer (belt), vazne, duyme, qobur, watch-case, ammunition, tobacco case.