- Paperback: 95 pages
- Publisher: Bennett & Bloom; 1st edition (11 May 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 189894881X
- ISBN-13: 978-1898948810
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 18.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 726,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Beneath the rural Islamic society in ancient villages perched among the Great Caucasus Mountains, animist tattoos on women and decorations on ritual spoon boxes share symbols that are believed to protect the hearth and the family. Here, three experts have recorded this fascinating system of folk medicine, allowing the women s own voices to reveal the living vocabulary of this hidden body language. The book is a unique key to the symbols that adorn original objects found in Daghestan - as well as throughout the carpet world. More than 120 colour images and 180 specially drawn tattoos illustrate this unique vanishing tradition On the southernmost border of the Russian Federation lies Daghestan - a land of ancient villages perched among the Great Caucasus Mountains by the shores of the Caspian Sea. Beneath this rural Islamic society, animist tattoos on women and decorations on ritual spoon boxes share symbols that are believed to protect the hearth and the family. Three experts have recorded this fascinating system of folk medicine, allowing the women s own voices to reveal the living vocabulary of this hidden body language. The result also provides a key to the symbols that adorn spoon boxes and other original objects found in Daghestan - as well as throughout the carpet world. Part one of the book covers the vanishing art of tattoos found uniquely on women, part two covers the designs of domestic spoon boxes.
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Format:Paperback
The title is a clue: this is an unusual book. Beautifully illustrated with numerous photographs of Daghestan and its various peoples, the text deals authoratively but briefly with the origins and significance of simple decorations found variously amongst this culture.
It is a touching insight into a world probably unfamiliar to a European or American reader. The images of the mountain women, survivors of a hard life, are particularly striking.
The simple figures found as tatoos and on homely artefacts are symbolically powerful and despite the cultural remove likely to find some profound echo in the reader.
Don't be put off by the delivery time quoted by Amazon, this book is worth waiting for.
It is a touching insight into a world probably unfamiliar to a European or American reader. The images of the mountain women, survivors of a hard life, are particularly striking.
The simple figures found as tatoos and on homely artefacts are symbolically powerful and despite the cultural remove likely to find some profound echo in the reader.
Don't be put off by the delivery time quoted by Amazon, this book is worth waiting for.
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