The author has conducted extensive, ethnographic field-research in the Hunza Valley region of Pakistan. Over the span of 20 years, he has compiled data regarding the various types of arts and crafts in the region by interviewing locals and craftsmen. He logs both current and fading art forms such as jewellery, pottery, architecture, and woodwork.
The author has conducted extensive, ethnographic field-research in the Hunza Valley region of Pakistan. Over the span of 20 years, he has compiled data regarding the various types of arts and crafts in the region by interviewing locals and craftsmen. He logs both current and fading art forms such as jewellery, pottery, architecture, and woodwork.
Dr Jürgen Wasim Frembgen is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. He has taught Anthropology and Islamic Studies at various universities in Germany and Austria. Since 1981 he has been conducting ethnographic fieldwork in Pakistan on an annual basis -- including working in the Karakoram, Indus Kohistan, Punjab, and Sindh. In addition, he has been a visiting professor at the Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad (National Institute of Pakistan Studies), National College of Arts in Lahore, and Ohio State University in Columbus, USA. He recently retired from his position as senior curator at the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich. Dr Frembgen has more than 130 English and German language publications to his credit and has published multiple books with OUP, Pakistan. He has written extensively on the cultures of the Eastern Muslim world between Iran and India, focusing particularly on Pakistan.
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Introduction: An Ethnographic Overview Field Research: The Collection of the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich The Material Culture of Hunza and Nager 1. Luxury Items for the Elite 2. Jewellery and the Art of the Silversmith 3. Embroidery and the Aesthetics of Women 4. Historic Silk Production 5. Weaving Cloth and Rugs 6. Architecture and Carpentry 7. Woodcarving 8. Musical Instruments 9. Weapons, Tools, and the Craft of the Blacksmith 10. Basketry and Mat Weaving 11. Leatherwork 12. Accessories of Falconry 13. Stone Vessels 14. Calabashes Bibliography Glossary Acknowledgements Index
Introduction: An Ethnographic Overview Field Research: The Collection of the Museum Fünf Kontinente in Munich The Material Culture of Hunza and Nager 1. Luxury Items for the Elite 2. Jewellery and the Art of the Silversmith 3. Embroidery and the Aesthetics of Women 4. Historic Silk Production 5. Weaving Cloth and Rugs 6. Architecture and Carpentry 7. Woodcarving 8. Musical Instruments 9. Weapons, Tools, and the Craft of the Blacksmith 10. Basketry and Mat Weaving 11. Leatherwork 12. Accessories of Falconry 13. Stone Vessels 14. Calabashes Bibliography Glossary Acknowledgements Index
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