Large Baluch Bag/Pillow
Chahar Aymaq Pushti Bag/Pillow2 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. Color is difficult over the internet, please use the Direct Scan below for the best representation of color in this rug
For Further Reading: 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. |
