Antique Yomud Small Prayer Carpet, West Turkestan, 1900's
Very unique Yomud prayer with madder red field covered with polychrome serrated guls frame by wide borders and end panel motifs displaying a cream stylized meander-vine and palmette.
Yomud: A Turkmen tribe found in Turkmenistan and northeast Persia. They are farmers, semi-nomads and nomads and in remote regions still retain much of their ancient life-style. One of the leading rug-producing Turkoman tribes of Central Asia, Yomud Turkoman weaving is more robust and expressive in their design, with more pattern variation as well.
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