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Turkoman rugs |
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The
Turkoman tribesmen, whose ancestor were the Mongol Turks,
years ago, settled between Bojnurd and Gonband-e-Kavus
(towns located to the south-east of the Caspian Sea). Some
of the tribal weavers of "Tekke", who after the October
Revolution, fled from Turkmenistan and took refuge in Iran,
continued to weave their famous rugs. Thereafter, they
joined the "Atabay" and "Jafarbay" tribes who actually
belonged to the "Yamut" group. As is customary amongst the
other tribesmen, the Turkoman carpet producers also weave
their single-weft rugs on horizontal looms.
There are three well-known designs woven in this tribe. One
is the "Turkoman Ghashoghi" (spoon) design.
The other
is the " Turkoman Akhaf'(Bokhara) or Ghazal design as the
repeated polygons resemble the deer's eye. The last is the
"Chahar-Fast' (four season) design, produced by the Tekke
craftsmen, composed of a small cross in the centre, dividing
the rug into four parts. Normally, in the lower and uppers
parts and beyond the border of the Turkoman rugs, extra
pieces by the name of Sh (comb) are woven, which are not
utilised in the other carpet weaving centres.
The sizes
of Turkoman rugs vary from one metre up to twelve sq. m. The
colours widely used are lacquer-red, green, white and beige.
Formerly the dyes used for the wool in Turkoman area were
obtained from natural sources, but at present chemical dyes
have partly begun to come into use. |
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