Ali Akbar Maktabi private collection for genuine original authentic handmade nomadic and tribal islamic heritage persian and oriental carpets  

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Description OLD NOMADE HAND MADE PRAYER SOUMARK CARPET MADE BY NEWLY MARRIED GIRL AS A GIFT TO HER HUSBAND. ORIGINAL NOMADIC TRIBAL ART.

AS FAR AS THE MATERIAL OF WOOL AND DIES USED IN EVERY INDIVIDUAL CARPET, AS FOR THE USED LOOMS, THEY ARE MADE FROM WOODEN OLD TREES AND MOSTLY WEAVED EITHER VERTICALLY OR HORIZONTALLY IN THE OLD NOMADIC TRIBAL FASHION WAYS AND METHODES LEARNED FROM OLDER GENERATIONS.

ALSO THESE CARPETS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE MADE FOR PERSONEL USE OR AS GIFTS EITHER TO RELATIVES, FRIENDS OR TO GIVE AWAY FOR LOCAL MOSQUES AS FLOOR COVERING OR AS A KIND OF AN ARTISQUE DECORATION OBJECTS USED DURING RELIGIOUS, MARRIAGE CEREMONIES OR DURING THEIR DAILY LIFE AND AS AN INSPIRATION OF JOYFUL AND LIFELY BRIGHT COLOURS TO GIVE A WARM HARMONI AND ATMOSPHER IN WINTER TIME WHERE WEATHER IS TOO DARK, VERY COLD AND MOVING IS VERY HARD AND EVEN IMPOSSIBEL.

EACH NOMADIC AND TRIBAL PERSON HAVE THEIR OWN CHARMS, INSPIRATIONS, TRADITIONAL DESIGNS, MOTIVES AND SYMBOLES HANDWEAVED IN EACH CARPET IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THEIR HERITAGE ART AND CULTURE FOR FUTUR GENERATION.

ALSO YOUNG GIRLS ARE TRAINED TO LEARN THIS PROFESSION IN AN EARLY YOUNG AGE AS A SOURCE OF FINANCIAL INCOME TO SUPPORT THEIR FUTUR FAMILIES AND TO HAVE CARPETS HANDWEAVED BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE TO TAKE THEM TO THEIR NEW HOMES OR PRESENT THEM TO THEIR NEW FATHERS AND MOTHERS IN LAW AS PRAYER CARPETS.

EACH HANDWEAVED CARPET IS SPECIALLY AND INTENTIONALLY MADE IN AN UNPERFECT WAY EITHER IN COULOUR, SIZE OR IN DESIGN BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MOSLEM RELIGION THE PERFECTION IS ONLY FOR MIGHTY GOD.THIS IS AN OLD TRADITIONAL BELEIVE AND AGAINST BAD EVIL EYE KNOWN BY ALL TRIBAL AND NOMADIC SOCIETIES IN RURAL AREAS.

IF WE LOOK CAREFULLY FROM THE BEGINNING OF EACH CARPET FIRST BORDURE, WE FIND LOTS OF DETAILS INVINTED AND WEAVED FROM THEIR IMMAGINATIONS AND DREAMS IN DIFFERENT SHAPES EITHER IN STYLIZED, FLORAL, GEOMETRIAL, ANIMAL, FIGURAL OR TO USE SOME ARABIC INSCRIPTIONS AS A PART OF DECORATION MOTIVES. MOSTLY THESE CARPETS ARE WEAVED WITHOUT ANY PREPARED DESIGN WHICH ADD BEAUTY TO THEIR WEAVING.

THE BEAUTY OF THE NOMADIC AND TRIBAL CARPETS ARE FOUND IN THEIR ABSTRACT MOTIVES WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE BORDURES AS WELL AS IN THE MIDLE AND THE CORNERS.

NEVER TWO CARPETS ARE MADE ALIKE DUE TO THE PERSONALITY OF EACH WEAVER AND TO EACH INDIVIDUAL TRIBAL CHARACTERS AND SACRED HOLLY MOTIVES WHICH ARE INHERITED FROM OLD GENERATIONS AND ARE HANDWEAVED AS A CULTURAL AND AN HERITAGE FOLK ART IN THE TRIBAL AND NOMADIC SOCIETIES.

FROM THEIR MOTIVES AND DESIGNS ONE CAN TELL THE ORIGINE AND THE IDENDITY OF EVERY NOMADIC TRIBAL PERSON.

Size

155 * 87

Origin

KABOULI
AUTHENTIC NOMADIC TRIBAL HERITAGE FOLK HANDWEAVING AR

Material

WOOL

Age

1940

Estimation value:

2900 $
GENUINE ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC PIECE.

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