Beshir Prayer Rug,
Southeast Turkmenistan late eighteenth - early
nineteenth century.
Warp: goat hair, charcoal natural, Z2S.
Weft: wool, light gray natural, Z2S two shoots
alternating equally wavy.
Pile: wool Z2 asymmetrical knot open to the
right. 0-20 alternate warp depression, H6xV8,
knot halves strongly displaced.
Sides: two bundles of two body warps, wrapped
in black goat hair.
Ends: both rewoven.
Size: Approximately 6 ft. 2 in. by 3 ft. 4 in.
(1.88 m. by 1.02m.)
Colors: cream, light wine, black surmey,
medium blue, salmon, pale yellow, brownish dusty
rose.
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