EditorialTent Band, Tent band, first half 19th century, Attributed to Turkmenistan or Iran, Central Asia, Khursan or Khiva, Wool (warp, weft and pile), H. 483 in. (1226.8 cm), W. 14 in. (35.6 cm), Textiles-Rugs.
EditorialA map of central Asia and the recent Russian acquisitions in Turkestan. The Russians in Central Asia: their occupation of the Kirghiz Steppe and the lives of the Syr-Daria: their political relations with Khiva, Bokhara, and Kokan: also descriptions of ...
EditorialTHE RUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO KHIVA 1873, ARRIVAL OF THE ADVANCED CORPS AT THE WELLS OF SENEKA AFTER A MARCH OF NINETY-TWO VERSTS THROUGH A WATERLESS DESERT.