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.