"Published in conjunction with the Turkmenistan Culture Days in Washington, D.C. (November 28-30, 2011), held in recognition of Turkmenistan's twentieth anniversary of independence (1991-2011)"--Title page verso. "Artworks illustrated here were loaned for exhibition in Washington by the Main National Museum of Turkmenistan and the Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan, and displayed at Meridian House as part of the Turkmenistan Culture Days."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-62).