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Paine, Sheila

The Afghan Amulet : Travels From the Hindu Kush to Razgrad

St.Martin's Press., 1994

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Year of publication
1994
ISBN
031211236X
Place of printing
New York
Author
Paine, Sheila
Publishers
St.Martin's Press.
Keyword
AFGHANISTAN TEXTILES NEEDLEWORK CENTRAL ASIA BULGARIA TURKEY, IRAN PAKISTAN KURDISTAN
Cover description
As New
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

A search for the origins of a traditional textile motif used as an amulet took Sheila Paine from Pakistan to Bulgaria, with descriptive accounts of her experiences travelling alone, the women she met and their situation, and especially her description of Afghanistan. 278p. illus.maps.index

Edizione: 1st.us ed.