JBOC's  Notes on Oriental Rugs

Turkmen Rugs: Guide to The Yomut Asmalyk
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The Asmalyk Section of the Guide to the Yomut

The Rippon Boswell White Ground Yomut Asmalyk

The Rippon Boswell White Ground Yomut Asmalyk

The Yomut Asmalyk

An Asmalyk is a trapping used in a Turkmen wedding procession. Asmalyks may be pile or embroidered and are usually 5 sided. While 5 sided are most common there is a smaller group of 7 Sided White asmalyks. We can not rule out the possibility that some of the trappings that are rectangular are in fact asmalyks as well.

Yomut asmalyks are most common and then those of the Tekke.

The Allen Yomud Asmalyk

The Allen Yomud Asmalyk

Yomut Seven Sided White Asmalyk

Yomut Seven Sided White Asmalyk

The W. Kenneth Thompson Antique Yomud Turkoman Asmalyk

The W. Kenneth Thompson Antique Yomud Turkoman Asmalyk

Here we can see a Turkmen bride and bridal party. Please note the Asmalyk on the flank of the Bridal camel. These were woven in pairs.

A 1924 wedding with Yomut Asmalyks 

The W. Kenneth Thompson Antique Yomud Turkoman Asmalyk

The W. Kenneth Thompson Antique Yomud Turkoman Asmalyk

Here we can see a Turkmen bride and bridal party. Please note the Asmalyk on the flank of the Bridal camel. These were woven in pairs.

A 1924 wedding with Yomut Asmalyks 


Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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