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The Alberto Boralevi XXX Kirghiz Bag

  • Kirghiz is a language spoken by people called Kirghiz. It is in the Altaic Language family and is related to the Turkic languages and to Mongol. It is a subject of some debate as to just how much pile weaving the Kirghiz actually produced but there are a number of pieces in the literature attributed to them. They are known for their woven wool and reed screens as well as a substantial output of felt.

  • Of the Turkic people of Central Asia among the oldest identifiable groups are the Kirghiz. In Oriental Rugs A New Comprehensive Guide Murray Eiland Jr. cites the Chinese Chronicles of the Han dynasty (100 BC to 100 AD) and the eighth century Orkhan inscriptions to show that the Kirghiz are very old. Kirghiz are very special to rug scholars because they have been very isolated from corrupting market influences. By this I mean that there is no, nor has there ever been, a commercial market production of Kirghiz goods so the weavers weave what it is that they have always woven.

  • Bokhara Kirghiz main carpet Galerie Arabesque

  • Kirghiz Chiy Reedscreen Ensi Galerie Arabesque

  • Kirghiz Eshik Dis

    The Alberto Boralevi XXX Kirghiz Bag
    The Alberto Boralevi XXX Kirghiz Bag. ... Size: 57 x 50 cm / 1'10" x 1'8" Region: Central Asia - Kirghiz. Item Type: Bagface. ...

    The Aram K. Jerrehian Kirghiz Reed Screen
    ... The Aram K. Jerrehian Kirghiz Reed Screen. ... A Kirghiz reed screen, North Turkestan, first quarter 20th century, minor losses to wrapping, approximately 10ft. ...

    Semi-Antique Jajim Rug 2
    Uzbek or Kirghiz Gajari Rug. Semi-Antique Gajari Rug. ... Of the Turkic people of Central Asia among the oldest identifiable groups are the Kirghiz. ...

    Central Asian and Chinese Rugs
    ... Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1990, Indiana University Uralic and ltaic Series, Volume 145 The Traditional Oglak Tartish Among the Kirghiz of ...

    RugNotes - M
    ... Notes on Jean Mailey. Maison Du Tapis D'Orient,. Maksimov, V. Maksimov, V. & Sorokin, E., ed. Kirghiz OIimoloru / Kirgizskii Uzor / The Kirghiz Pattern. 1986. ...

    5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books M
    ... Maksimov, V. & Sorokin, E., ed. Kirghiz OIimoloru / Kirgizskii Uzor / THE Kirghiz Pattern. 1986,, ... Maksimov, V. and Y. Sorokin: The Kirghiz Pattern. ...

    Hooked medalion Caucasian
    ... Cleaves did a masterful job but in section 64 I realized Cleaves mistranslated Kazak. He translates it to mean Kirghiz but that does not fit the paragraph. ...

    Notes on HB Paksoy, D. Phil.
    ... Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1990, Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series, Volume 145; The Traditional Oglak Tartish Among the Kirghiz of ...

    Turkmen Rugs & Carpets
    ... Turkomans in Exile," Walter, Chris, Oriental Rug Review, IX/5/28-30. Patterned Reed Screens of the Kirghiz in the State Historical Museum, Frunze, Part I, by ...

Togan Memoires:
... my friends who have participated in the inclosed events, such as Abdulkadir Inan, Kocaoglu Osman, Abdullah Taymas and the combatants Shirmehmet Bek and Kirghiz ...

Antique Uzbek Okbash
... This is an Uzbek Okbash. As a general rule Turkmen make pile Okbash and Okbash and Kirghiz make felt Okbash. George Washington O ...

Notes on Alberto Boralevi
... vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 282-83. London.1983. Alberto Boralevi. The Alberto Boralevi XXX Kirghiz Bag. The Boralevi Afshari (?) bag. The Boralevi ...

The Rug World - U
... Ulus: Ulus refers to the land and people controlled by the Il. See Tribe. Umetalieva, BT: Umetalieva, BT et al. The Arts of the Kirghiz. Hamburg: 1985. ...

Hajjis Donate in Memory of Newton Foster,
... Some scholars assign the group to northern Turkman tribes, the Chodor or Yomud, but attributions to the Karakalpak and the Kirghiz peoples have also been ...

Southwest Asia Time Line 1167 to 1363
... the Lodis. Rawlinson, INDIAN ART. Page 31. - (W. 5). 1207: 1207: The Kirghiz tribe joins the Mongol confederation. Mongol history ...

Southwest Asia Time Line 750 to 1167
... Tatars. Circa 850 AD, Circa 850 - Uighurs, pushed from Mongolia by the Kirghiz establish their Ulus in the Tarim Basin. This lasted ...

The Kyrghyz and their Reed Screens
... Fifty archival photographs showing Kyrgyz reed screens from the "Kirghiz archaelogical- ethnographical expedition"- are published here for the first time. ...

RugNotes - A
... New York: 1923. The Altman Foundation - History. altyn-kabak: A Kirghizgame where archers shoot at a gourd filled with gold, silver or coin. ...

Rug Notes Index - S
... He has recently authored a book on Kirghis reed screens. Donna Sommer; Dr. John Sommer; "Kirghiz" Santa Monica: ACOR 3, 1996. Sommer ...

RugNotes - B
... other. Blackmon, Jim. Jim Blackmon is a dealer of antique textiles based in San Francisco. "Kirghiz" Santa Monica: ACOR 3, 1996. ...

The Aram K. Jerrehian Kirghiz Reed Screen

Semi-Antique Jajim Rug 2

altyn-kabak

  • A Kirghiz game where archers shoot at a gourd filled with gold, silver or coin. The one to split the gourd gets the prize. This is a game for major holidays. The game was played into the 20th century Paksoy also quoted the Mamluk historian Ibn Taghribirdi" On a tall mast a gourd would be fixed, made of gold or silver. A pigeon was put inside the gourd. The horsemen would advance towards the target and shoot at it (with bow and arrow) while moving (most likely at full gallop). If he hit the target and made the pigeon fly away, he would receive a robe of honor and take the gourd as his prize.... The kabak game was frequently performed on a large scale and with great pomp on the occasion of the birth or circumcision of the sons of the Sultans and of the Grand Amirs." Alpamysh. Chapter 3 note 23.

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