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ALMA to Host NE Rug Society Lecture on Lebab Turkmen
by Armenian Weekly
March 9, 2012
WATERTOWN, Mass. - On Fri., March 23, the Armenian Library and Museum of
America (ALMA) will host a lecture by Peter Poullada, a collector and
independent scholar specializing in the Turkmen and their weaving,
titled `Lebab Turkmen and Their Interaction with the Local Uzbeks.'
Turkmen woman spinning
The Lebab (from Persian, `edge of the water,' i.e., `riverside') live
in the Middle Amu Darya region. Poullada's talk will challenge common
assumptions about their weaving and will include photographic images
of their life and the `Bukharan' milieu - a mixture of Lebab, Uzbek, and
`Sart' cultural and social traditions relating most directly to the
world of women.
Poullada has collected Central Asian weaving since the 1960's. He
lived in Afghanistan and Iran in the 1960's and 1970's, and in Turkey
in the 1980's. He holds a BA from Princeton in Near Eastern languages
and history; pursued graduate study at the University of California,
Berkeley; and has published articles in HALI and the Journal of the
Royal Society of Asian Affairs.
New England Society members are encouraged to bring Turkmen rugs,
bags, and trappings - so-called Ersari and Beshir examples - as well as
Uzbek pieces in their collections.
Event admission is $7 for the egenral public, free for ALMA and NE Rug
Society members. ALMA is located at 65 Main St. in Watertown. For
directions and more information, visit www.almainc.org.
by Armenian Weekly
March 9, 2012
WATERTOWN, Mass. - On Fri., March 23, the Armenian Library and Museum of
America (ALMA) will host a lecture by Peter Poullada, a collector and
independent scholar specializing in the Turkmen and their weaving,
titled `Lebab Turkmen and Their Interaction with the Local Uzbeks.'
Turkmen woman spinning
The Lebab (from Persian, `edge of the water,' i.e., `riverside') live
in the Middle Amu Darya region. Poullada's talk will challenge common
assumptions about their weaving and will include photographic images
of their life and the `Bukharan' milieu - a mixture of Lebab, Uzbek, and
`Sart' cultural and social traditions relating most directly to the
world of women.
Poullada has collected Central Asian weaving since the 1960's. He
lived in Afghanistan and Iran in the 1960's and 1970's, and in Turkey
in the 1980's. He holds a BA from Princeton in Near Eastern languages
and history; pursued graduate study at the University of California,
Berkeley; and has published articles in HALI and the Journal of the
Royal Society of Asian Affairs.
New England Society members are encouraged to bring Turkmen rugs,
bags, and trappings - so-called Ersari and Beshir examples - as well as
Uzbek pieces in their collections.
Event admission is $7 for the egenral public, free for ALMA and NE Rug
Society members. ALMA is located at 65 Main St. in Watertown. For
directions and more information, visit www.almainc.org.