Producer unknown to us
Plate
Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara
Mid-20th century
Brass, chased
Wolf-Dieter Seiwert (ethnologist) acquired this plate during a trip to Bukhara
Purchased by the Museum from Inge Seiwert in 1986
WAs 2839
This handcrafted brass plate features ornaments (rosette-dolimi pattern) common to Turkmenistan. The collector purchased this plate at the brass chiseling center in Bukhara.
Wolf-Dieter Seiwert (*1945) had started working at the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig in 1973. He was part of a research focus group on pastoral nomadism in the deserts between West Africa and Central Asia. His professional expertise was the Maghreb in North Africa. Before 1989, he traveled to Libya, Mauritania and other countries.
Frank Usbeck