Patterned boots. 20th century. Leather, velvet, cotton fabric, metal / From the collection of the National Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Beshpent. Aktobe Region, late 19th century. Velvet, printed cotton, gold braid, twisted gold trim, embroidery / From the collection of the National Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Saukele. Late 19th — early 20th century / From the collection of the National Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Saukele. 19th century. From the A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts exposition / Qalam

Bride In Saukele Kazakhs 19th Century/Alamy

Jules Marie Сavelier de Cuverville. Kazakh Women with Children, 1895 / Gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France

Kimeshek. Almaty Region, 1950. Cotton fabric, coral, mother-of-pearl, plaque / From the collection of the National Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Qasaba / Ornekkz, Wikimedia Commons

Qasaba. Velvet, silk, oka, gold braid, twisted gold trim, fringe, metal / From the collection of the National Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ceremonial dress. Ural Region, mid-19th century. Velvet, oka, silver thread, fringe, embroidery / From the collection of the National Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kamzol. Aktobe Region, early 20th century. Brocade, silk, oka / From the collection of the National Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Family of Wealthy Kazakhs, Semipalatinsk, 1877 / Gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France

Shoes. Central Kazakhstan, early 20th century. Köksauyr leather, rawhide, velvet, horn, metal / From the collection of the National Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Saukele and shapan. Kazakhstan, 19th century / From the A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts exposition / Qalam

Akzel Beisembai. Sholpy (earrings). 19th century / From the collection of the Abylkhan Kasteev State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan / Qalam