Bukhara Tekké carpet (warp, weft and wool pile), Turkmenista - Lot 245

Lot n° 245
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150 - 200 EUR
Result : NC
Bukhara Tekké carpet (warp, weft and wool pile), Turkmenista - Lot 245
Bukhara Tekké carpet (warp, weft and wool pile), Turkmenistan, circa 1920 (*) 1.78 x 1.29 m The carpet is decorated with two vertical rows of gulhs on a red background. The main border with a succession of polychrome octagons surrounds the composition. Wear and tear The Turkmen, originally from the distant steppes of Asia, were composed of different tribes, the main ones being the Salor, Tekké, Yemouth, and Saryk. Nomads and semi-nomads living in a round tent (yurt) with hoops, carpet making was essential to their daily life and festivals and was an integral part of their tribal tradition. Most carpets have a distinct function, which we will discuss later, and were part of the bride's obligatory dowry. Women were responsible for making them, as the dyeing and spinning of the wool, as well as the knotting on a flat loom, easily accommodated their daily lives and the burden of the many children they had. The men had to herd and shear the sheep, and sell the surplus carpets at market. The more women in a family, the more carpets were produced, mainly after the spring shearing. The red fields of the carpets, which range from a deep wine red to a red, are decorated with motifs whose design varies according to each tribe. These decorations seem simple but are above all bearers of a very rich symbolism, and take us into an ancestral tribal world, full of charm and warmth. "Each Turkmen tribe has its own gulh. It is round or octagonal in shape and divided into four by thin black lines that form a rectangular grid on the field. The centre of the gulh is decorated with a star motif and each part of the gulh is alternately red and black. The centre of the gulh is decorated with the star pattern and each of its parts is alternately red and black, with thin diagonal rods called eagles' feet extending from its edge. edge. Within the rectangular mesh of the grid, secondary gulhs alternate with the main ones. The most frequent is a St Andrew's cross pattern, called chemche gulh or spoon gulh.
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