Tribal figures restored in war-torn Kabul.(art exhibitions)(Kabul Museum)(Brief Article)

From: Art in America | Date: March 1, 2005 | Copyright information

This past December, the Kabul Museum presented its first exhibition since before the recent military conflicts began. On view are 17 wooden effigies from Nuristan. These nearly life-size abstracted figures, some on horseback, were created in the 18th and 19th centuries by tribes-people in a remote corner of Afghanistan who engaged in ancestor worship and animistic rituals. The tribe resisted Islam and Christianity until the late 19th century. Eventually, the people were forced to c...

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