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2 foot by 3 foot 10 inch.
These bags make wonderful pillows. In
fact in Afghanistan
that is what they often how they used them. The wool is
excellent and the pile feels great to touch. Originally
bags like this were used as grain bags or to carry fodder
for animals. In a herding culture duality of purpose
becomes essential. When you need a cushion to sit against
you use a bag of grain when the grain is gone you fill
the bag with straw to use it as a cushion. It is only
when these people settle that they being to make some
bags only to hold grain and some bags only to use
cushions.
I tend to think these are Taimani of the Chahar Aymaq group. These
bags come out of Afghanistan
and are attributable to the Chahar Aymaq. At one
point the late George
O'Bannon attributed these to the Turkmen but that
attribution seems to have been abandoned by just about
everyone including George.
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Chahar Aymaq
Bag/Pillow. Northwest Afghanistan.
twentieth century. Inventory #:UKN2, Size: 2 foot
by 3 foot 10 inch. Structure: Symmetrical knot
with floating weft sections. 11 knots per
horizontal inch and 10 knots per vertical inch.
110 per square inch (1705 per square decimeter)
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: 2 ply wool.
Weft: 2 shot red wool with floating sections.
Pile: 2 wool singles.
Ends: Overlapped plain weave with overcastting
(top), 3 inch applied fringe (bottom).
Selvages: Black wool overcast joined by black
goat plait stitch.
Handle: Soft, pliable, pile is 1/8 inch high
Further Notes: Very good condition, some wear
in joins.
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Direct Scan:
Tough, Durable, Attractive,
Cushion!
Great wool, good color and this
bag will wear like iron. This bag has got some
age but in very good condition. A few of the
tassels are missing.
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For Further Reading:
Guide to Rugs & Books
Parsons,
R. D. Oriental Rugs Volume 3 The Carpets of Afghanistan.
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club, 1983, 3rd ed. 1994.
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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