Northeast Afghanistan and western region of North Pakistan are an old cultural and ethnological retreat, where, in spacious...read more
Northeast Afghanistan and western region of North Pakistan are an old cultural and ethnological retreat, where, in spacious valleys of the Hindu Kush, lived the Kafir (‘unbeliever’) tribes. With their own languages, religion and culture. They were only (forcefully) converted to Islam in the winter of 1895/96 in a military campaign by the Afghan Shah Abdur Rahman. And it was only then that their lands, difficult to access, were renamed Nuristan (‘Land of heavenly Light’). Remaining Kafiristani tribes (the Kalash) could only preserve their old culture in pockets in Northwest Pakistan, around Chitral. When Islam finally triumphed, the old tradition of the kafirs vanished, leaving behind number of artefacts which were increasingly seen as remainders of a bad past. As in Swat valley, Nuristan's woodworkers produce a large spectre of objects. Bols and pots were made with the help of a lathe, deriven in alternative direction with a belt.(see pict. Klimburg 1999, page 211)
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16.02.2049
64 X 145 cm
Weight:
19 kg
Nuristani Chest16.02.2016
Hindukush/Himalaya | AFGHANISTAN | Nuristani
Wood
Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
High aesthetic value
Furniture
Length: 182 cm; depth: 61 cm; height: 124 cm
2450.00
CHF
This large dowry chest from 19th century from Nuristan (Afghanistan) is made of cedarwood. It is a unique piece of craftsmanship and Nuristan. The front panel can be opened, permitting a much more comfortable use than the access by the cover panel. Kafiristan, its name before Islamization, is a historical region that covered present-day Nuristan Province located on the southern slopes of the Hindu Kush Mountains in the northeastern part of Afghanistan. Nuristan was full of steep and wooded valleys. It was famous for its precise wood carvings, especially of cedar-wood pillars, carved doors, furniture such as dowry chests
16.02.2024
Length: 146 cm; depth: 35 cn; height: 90 cm
09.05.2022
Diameter: 72 cm; depth: 10 cm
Weight:
4,6 kg
Nuristani Panel16.02.2014
16.02.2015
Height: 173 cm; width: 40 cm; depth: 20 cm
private collection
Nuristani door panel16.02.2008
46 X 192 cm
Nuristani door panel16.02.2007
65-70 X 170 cm
Nuristani door panel16.02.2004
42 X 155 cm
Nuristani panel16.02.2002
40 X 163 cm
Nuristani door panel16.02.2003
Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
42 X 180 cm
Nuristani Panel16.02.2000
47 X 172 cm
Nuristani Chest16.02.1999
Length:80 cm; width: 47 cm; height: 57 cm
Weight:
26 kg
A ritual vessel, called ‘Kos’, of the Kafirs.09.05.1738
North Africa | North Africa
Wood
Antiques (object shows signs of long use)
Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
A ritual vessel, called ‘Kos’, of the Kafirs (today's Nuristan - Afhanistan). The bowl is carved from one walnut piece, with carved ram’s head on the front and grip on the back. A unique rare piece.
Nuristani spouted pitcher09.05.1737
Hindukush/Himalaya | AFGHANISTAN | Nuristani
Wood
Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Museum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
Excellent overall condition
High aesthetic value
Diameter: 24 cm; length: 42 cm; height: 14 cm
Weight:
1,476 kg
Nuristani crudely carved bowl with spout and handle. A rare Nuristani artefact, The tribes living in the Nuristan area were called "Kafirs" prior to their Islamisation. Similar object: Afghan Museum Bubenberg EH 10
Dugout wooden bowl with spout09.05.1736
Hindukush/Himalaya | PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN
Wood
Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)
Functional household item
Good overall conditions (small imperfections or signs of use)
