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Tribal rugs : treasures of the black tent / Brian W. MacDonald.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors’ Club, ©2010. Description: 302 page : color illustration, color maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781851495313
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NK2875. M33 2010
Contents:
Contents: The ancient art of tribal weaving—The oldest complete rug in the world : the Pazyryk rug c.500 BC—After ’Pazyryk’—The Türkmen—The tribes of Anatolia—The Kizyl Bash—The tribes of the Caucasus—The Shahsavan Confederacy—The Afshar—The Qashqa’i Confederacy—The Kurds—The Lor—The Bakhtiyari-Lor—The Arab and Turkic tribes of Fars refereded to as the Khamseh Confederacy—The Nomadic tribes of Eastern Persia and Western Afghanistan commonly referred to as ’The Baluch’—The Taimuri—The twentieth century : commercial incentives and degeneration of design—The final years of the twentieth century : a return to tradition -- The lost language : symbolic meaning within the tribal weaving—Eastern tribal rugs and bags as wall hangings—The appeal of collecting antique Eastern rugs : points to look for and mistakes to avoid.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University NK2875.M33 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000358803
Total holds: 0

Edition statement from jacket ; Previous ed. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The ancient art of tribal weaving—The oldest complete rug in the world : the Pazyryk rug c.500 BC—After ’Pazyryk’—The Türkmen—The tribes of Anatolia—The Kizyl Bash—The tribes of the Caucasus—The Shahsavan Confederacy—The Afshar—The Qashqa’i Confederacy—The Kurds—The Lor—The Bakhtiyari-Lor—The Arab and Turkic tribes of Fars refereded to as the Khamseh Confederacy—The Nomadic tribes of Eastern Persia and Western Afghanistan commonly referred to as ’The Baluch’—The Taimuri—The twentieth century : commercial incentives and degeneration of design—The final years of the twentieth century : a return to tradition -- The lost language : symbolic meaning within the tribal weaving—Eastern tribal rugs and bags as wall hangings—The appeal of collecting antique Eastern rugs : points to look for and mistakes to avoid.

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