Yemouth carpet - Lot 333

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Yemouth carpet - Lot 333
Yemouth carpet (warp, weft and wool pile), Turkmenistan, circa 1930 119 x 70 The carpet is decorated with five rows of seven elongated gulhs on a red background. A wide border with small geometric floral motifs surrounds the composition. 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 dyeing and spinning the wool, as well as knotting on a flat loom, easily accommodated their daily lives and the burden of their many children; while men had to herd and shear the sheep, and sell the surplus carpets at market. The more women in a family, the more carpets could be produced, usually after the spring shearing. Their red fields, declined in a range from deep wine to pale pink, decorated with patterns whose design varies according to each tribe, seeming so simple and yet carrying a very rich symbolism, make us penetrate an ancestral tribal world, full of charm and warmth.
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