Moshkova, V.G. (Valentina Georgievna), 1902-1952.. Carpets of the people of central Asia of the late XIX and early XX centuries / V.G. Moshkova ; edited and translated by George W. O'Bannon and Ovadan K. Amanova-Olsen ; photography by Gary McKinnis. [0965342107] Tucson, AZ : G.W. O'Bannon, c1996.
Call#: University Museum Library NK2875.A1 M6713 1996

Seminal work on the weavings of central Asian peoples. Research is based on extensive field work with various Turkomen tribes and the nomadic peoples of Uzbekistan, Kirghizistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. An early and important book of scholarship in a literature dominated by traders from the West and collectors. Printed in a limited edition of about 1,000 copies, this hard-to-text is based on V.G. Moshkova's doctoral dissertation with commentary by the publisher, George O'Bannon.

Craycraft, Michael.. Belouch prayer rugs : from the exhibition at Adraskand Gallery, Point Reyes Station, California, Summer 1982 / text by Michael Craycraft ; photography Dennis Anderson ; project director Anne Halley.[United States] : Dennis Anderson Photography, Publishing Division, c1983.
Call#: Fine Arts Library NK2809.B45 C89 1983

 

A good ethnographic study of Baluch prayer rugs from the 19th and early 20th centuries.  Establishes criteria for identifying the provenance of Baluch weavings by structure, design, material properties, and tribal hallmarks.  The excellently photographed examples draw from an important exhibition of Baluch weavings at the Adraskand Gallery in 1982.  Only a small number of copies were printed.