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Lebensbaum und Kalaschnikow. Krig und Frieden im Spiegel afghanischer Bildteppiche. (Afghanistan). (book review)

Asian Folklore Studies,  June, 2001  by Klimburg, Max

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FREMBGEN, JURGEN WASIM and HANS WERNER MOHM. Lebensbaum und Kalaschnikow. Krig und Frieden im Spiegel afghanischer Bildteppiche. Blieskastel, Germany: Gollenstein Verlag, 2000. 151 pages. Color plates, b/w photos, map, English summary, bibliography. Hardcover, DM 38.00; ISBN 3-933389-31-3.

This small, but beautiful book presents a collection of forty-four so-called Afghan war carpets, brought together by Hans Werner Mohm. The carpets were shown for the first time at an exhibition in the Museum fur Volkerkunde in Munchen (Museum of Ethnography in Munich), which was organized on the ...

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