Museum and Archives

Released in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name and the 2013 Turkmenistan Culture Days in Washington, D.C., this co-authored volume follows the thread of the dreams of Turkmen poet Magtymguly through the countries music, craft, and art traditions. The volume features full-color illustrations of objects loaned from Turkmenistan’s Main National Museum and Fine Arts Museum. Essays on bagshy and poetic traditions, textiles, jewelry, and fine art written by researchers in the Asian Cultural History Program of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Taylor, Paul, Trevor Loomis Merrion, William Bradford Smith, Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth. 2013. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.

This catalog provides readers with a short introduction to the country of Turkmenistan and its craft and music traditions. Full color illustrations of objects loaned for the 2011 Turkmenistan Culture Days in Washington, D.C. are joined by photographs taken during original ethnographic fieldwork and archival research. Essays co-authored by researchers of the Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution.

Taylor, Paul, Trevor Loomis Merrion, Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, and William Bradford Smith. 2011. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.