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Mountain Women and Spoon Boxes of Daghestan:
Magic Symbols in Silk, Stone,
Wood and Flesh | | |
| Robert
Chenciner, Gabib Ismailov & Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov |
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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 decoration 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
provides a key to the symbols that adorn spoon boxes and other original objects
found in Daghestan — as well as throughout the carpet world.
More than
140 colour images and 180 specially drawn tattoos illustrate this unique vanishing
tradition..
— 96 pages with colour illustrations
Published
in 2006, in association with Desert
Hearts |
Tattooed
Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan
Contents
Introduction
Post-Modern
tattoos and designer kitchenware
History and art heritage of Daghestan
Village
origins of this book
Tattooed mountain women of Daghestan
Preword
History
of tattoos connected with Daghestan
Scant study of tattoos in Daghestan
18th
and 19th-century Iraq and Iran
Animism, tattoos and Old Testament religions
in the Caucasus
Nature worship in the Caucasus and North Asia
Cat’s pear
berries: practical tattooing, initiation and protection
Popularity
Tattoo
signs and symbols in mountain villages
Tattooâ head-scarves and Kaitag embroideries
Some
deductions Spoon boxes of the mountain hearth
Wood and the home
Carved wood
in the home and mosque
Mountain house design in the Caucasus
The great column
The
hearth and hearth-chain
Khinkal dumplings and mutton broth
Carved wood dumpling
spoons
Introduction to the catalogue
Carved wood and master craftsmen
Timber
Spoon
box construction and decoration
Wear and tear
How many spoon boxes have
survived?
Spoon box styles
Khinkals
Show and tell
Head-and-shoulders
Catalogue
of Spoon Boxes
Masters at work
Select Bibliography
Index
Warm
thanks to the 109 women |
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