[Khako Pilpani attempts to tell the story of Ushba and Tetnuldi]
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[Khako Pilpani attempts to tell the story of Ushba and Tetnuldi]

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Aaron Huey

Maker
American, b. 1975

[Khako Pilpani attempts to tell the story of Ushba and Tetnuldi]

From Svanetia (National Geographic Magazine)


2004
Inkjet print
Image: 4 3/4 × 7 in. (12.1 × 17.8 cm)
Paper: 5 × 7 1/2 in. (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Paper: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.1642
Inscriptions Printed in black ink on mount on recto, BC: 3. Khako Pilpani, one of the last great story tellers in the valley attempts to tell the story of Ushba and Tetnuldi. / The young children of Svanetia learn the legends mainly in the Georgian language because most do not / know enough Svanish to hear the story in their native tongue. The language is dying with each generation that passes. / (c) 2004 Aaron Huey

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