Art And... Episode 5: Social History and a Turkmen Wedding Camel Trapping

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On this episode of Art And..., the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum's student-run podcast, Mollie Wohlforth '19 discusses a Turkmen asmalyk (a camel trapping for a wedding) with UMass Professor of Art History Walter Denny and MHCAM Associate Curator of Education, Kendra Weisbin. Join them as they discuss what this carpet can tell us about Turkmen society, the lives of the women who made it, and its journey to MHCAM. See this work of art here: https://artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu/object/asmalyk-camel-trapping