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The voice of the ancestors

Shaymardan Sariyev Museum of Fine Arts and Decorative Applied Art

Nursultan Kaliev
The work, made of wood and leather with the inclusion of metal, is a multi-layered symbolic composition addressing the origins of the spiritual and military culture of the nomadic world. The image is based on a kobyz, Its elongated shape sets the vertical axis of the entire composition. Inside the body of the kobyz there is a relief image of an ancient warrior on a horse with a banner in his hand. A wolf is depicted on the crest of the mare. A metal mask and helmet are placed in the upper part of the composition, completing the vertical of the image.
Material: wood, metal.
Master: Kaliev Nursultan Moldagulovich

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