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Tekke Turkmen Khalyk
Central Asia
19th Century
Franz Bausback, Mannheim
"Khalyks were woven for the ritual Turkmen
wedding procession, where their tassels appear to have
provided a curtain to hide the bride in her kejebe on the
bridal camel. Of the relatively few surviving khalyks,
those of the Tekke are the most common, and of these the
'cup' design of this example is second in number to the
more common 'kochak-cross' design.
This unusually long Tekke khalyk (previously published in
Turkoman Studies I, London 1980, Fig. 403) is undoubtedly
one of the most beautiful examples known. As in most such
khalyks the steep diagonals needed to draw the 'cups' are
produced by offset knotting, otherwise seldom used in
asymmetrically knotted pileweaves. In another sense
'offsetting' applies to the design where the 'cups' are
drawn four colours in horizontal rows offset by one space
in each row to produce the diagonal colour effect."
TEMPTING TURKMENS
THE HALI FAIR: PART II
Robert Pinner
Fair Report, 18 June 2002
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Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
