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Aimaier Tuniyazi

05-2812Uyghur Kalakuertaigaopimao Making CraftsmanshipTraditional CraftsmanshipShaya, XinjiangBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Uyghur ethnicity, born in February 1970 in Shaya County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. A national representative bearer of Uyghur Karakul Lamb-pelt Hat Making Craftsmanship, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. A lamb-pelt hat making technician. He learned the craft from his father from an early age and has long made Karakul lamb-pelt hats in the family workshop. He has comprehensively mastered tanning, design, shaping, and sewing; his work is fine, and the hats fit well, are comfortable, handsome, and practical, and offer excellent warmth. He actively adapts to the needs of contemporary life and popular aesthetic taste and has innovated hat styles, and his lamb-pelt hats are welcomed by local people and the market. He actively teaches apprentices and has trained more than thirty. He takes part widely in various intangible cultural heritage display and dissemination activities.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Aimaier Tuniyazi · National Representative Bearer Archive

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Representative item
Uyghur Kalakuertaigaopimao Making Craftsmanship
Item code
Ⅷ-114
Category
Traditional Craftsmanship
Region
Shaya, Xinjiang
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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