Kazak

Window Watch May 5, 2014 Handsome Kazak and Graceful Tibetan

Posted on May 23rd, 2014 by Joshua Kebabian

WINDOW LEFT The handsome Kazak hanging in WINDOW LEFT measures 9.1 x 12.2. This piece was hand-knotted by Hazara women in northern Afghanistan using naturally dyed local handspun wool. “The word, “Kazak” means “rough-rider” and describes a race of restless, roaming, troublesome people. It is the original of the familiar name Cossack. Even though they adopted […]