Tekke, Yomut, or?

[Frank Petruziello Member Find all posts View Profile Close Frank Petruziello]

Hello all, I recently purchased this rug from a dealer in Belgium. He labeled it Tekke but I’m not convinced. The closest example reference I can find is in Jourdan’s Turkoman book on page 167, illustration number 120 which he attributes to The Yomut. The two rugs have similar fields, colors, and elims. The Salor guls both have the same center medallion which I have not seen elsewhere. My rug has symmetrical knots, a smooth back, at least 8 colors, and red/blue alternating selvedges which I believe are indicative of Yomut. Before I received the rug I thought it might be Saryk given the S borders but upon seeing the piece in person the back is smooth and the white is wool not cotton so I dropped that thought. Jourdan dates the rug in his book at about 1900. I would appreciate any thoughts on my analysis and the age of the rug. Given its density of detail it’s probably not very early.

thanks
Frank

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Yomuth jafarbahi

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yomuth Jafarbahi

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Another image in different lighting

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The Salor turreted gul is frequently used by the Tekke, and the main gul in yours resembles it at first glance. That's probably the basis on which the dealer attributed it to Tekke. The palette, symmetric knotting and the two ends look like Yomud work. My guess is that it's woven by a Yomud group in the first quarter of the twentieth century.

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Thanks Steve for confirming my guess. It’s great to have someone to ask.

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To the Guest post, I’m not familiar with the term Yomuth jafarbahi. Is Jafarbahi a sub tribe?

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look for offset knots on both ends

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Hi Frank,

I agree with Steve with respect to age and a Yomud attribution; the symmetrical knots being key for me. It looks like the kind of material woven in NE Iran along the southeast Caspian coast. There are Yomud weaving groups there.

Also, would our guest please register using full name, and identify in the posts ?

Regards
Chuck

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Hi Frank,

I agree with Steve with respect to age and a Yomud attribution; the symmetrical knots being key for me. It looks like the kind of material woven in NE Iran along the southeast Caspian coast. There are Yomud weaving groups there.

Also, would our guest please register using full name, and identify in the posts ?

Regards
Chuck

[Frank Petruziello Member Find all posts View Profile Close Frank Petruziello]

Thanks Chuck, I believe Jourdan also cited NE Iran as the most possible source of the example I found in his book.

Frank

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[Frank Petruziello Member Find all posts View Profile Close Frank Petruziello]

I just found a reference in Jourdan to rugs of this type as "Jaffarbai" a Yamut sub-tribe in NE Iran which reinforces the “Guest" posters reference to "Jafarbahi" with similar spelling. I’m not surprised at the different spelling as almost all rug terms are transliterated with a wide range of spellings. So it would seem that my rug is Jaffarbai/Jafarbahi Yamut/Yamud/Yamuth.

Thanks all for your help.
Frank Petruziello