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| Pile | Wool. Medium to high clipped | Designs | Guls as their dominant motif | | Warp/Weft | weft in cotton and warp wool | Colours | deep reds | | Knots | Persian knots. 60 to 180 knots | Tribal | nomads |
Very attractive and sturdy rugs originally made by Turkoman nomads who roamed the border regions of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. The name of Jozan was probably derived from a small town to the South of Bokhara in the West of Turkmenistan, which is believed to have been the major marketing centre for their rugs.
Today Beshire rugs are produced by nomads and villagers in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Both nomadic and workshop Beshirs retain their essentially tribal characteristics. In fact Turkmenistan Behsirs are generally considered to be the finest and most genuine examples of this tradition currently being produced. . |
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