Happy Holidays!

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In the spirit of the Holidays I offer a small, colorful Baluch tree balisht.
It is one of the more unusual Baluch balisht examples because it is not only symmetrically knotted along the sides and asymmetric-open left in the rest, but it is woven "upside down" as well. Perhaps there were two of these woven base-to base and it was a two-pile-sided bag with both sides "right side up" when folded and sewn together.
It is a compact 16 x 30.5" - 40x77 cm, with 10h x 11v knots per square inch for 110kpsi. It is one of the small percentage of "tree of life" designs by the Baluch which has a row of pinkish knots from branch-tip to branch-tip near the center. The pink knots may be synthetic due to being "brighter" in color.
May your holidays be cheerful and bright as well!


Patrick Weiler

[Dinie Gootjes Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dinie Gootjes]

It is many years ago since I posted this view of Santa, the elves and the reindeer in the Anchorage airport body scanner.
Merry Christmas and joyful holidays to all!

Dinie

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Hi everyone,



Wishing everyone safe and happy, holidays !

Merry Xmas & Happy New Year
Chuck

[patrick weiler Member Find all posts View Profile Close patrick weiler]

Dinie, Wonderful and quite unique Jaf from the very, very far north. Early in the metal detector days I was at the Anchorage airport and a couple of nuns in their voluminous black habits were going through. One made it OK but the other set off the alarm - so she took off her rosary, some change and keys. It went off again and she started taking more stuff out of her sleeves, pockets etc. It went off again and by the time she made it through there was a one foot tall pile of various stuff she had been carrying. No contraband, though!

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Wishing fellow Turkotekkers Peace and Joy in this season.

A "sculptural" elem fragment from a Yomut engsi.

James

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In the spirit of the Holidays I offer a small, colorful Baluch tree balisht.
It is one of the more unusual Baluch balisht examples because it is not only symmetrically knotted along the sides and asymmetric-open left in the rest, but it is woven "upside down" as well. Perhaps there were two of these woven base-to base and it was a two-pile-sided bag with both sides "right side up" when folded and sewn together.
It is a compact 16 x 30.5" - 40x77 cm, with 10h x 11v knots per square inch for 110kpsi. It is one of the small percentage of "tree of life" designs by the Baluch which has a row of pinkish knots from branch-tip to branch-tip near the center. The pink knots may be synthetic due to being "brighter" in color.
May your holidays be cheerful and bright as well!


Patrick Weiler

I love this balisht, Patrick. Epitomizes the "je ne sais quoi" of the Baluch aesthetic.

James

[Joel Greifinger Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Joel Greifinger]

This täcke (bed cover) from Bara in SW Skåne has a cheerful, Christmasy vibe. Happy Holidays, all.



Joel Greifinger

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A scintillating Solstice to all! Here is an odd little Hazara silk purse with many official holiday colors, ready to be hung by the chimney with care...



Cheers, Paul

[patrick weiler Member Find all posts View Profile Close patrick weiler]

Joel,
Wow, that is one colorful weaving! Big, too, in order to be a bed cover. What technique was used to make it?
As with many of the Swedish weavings, it is in remarkably good condition and likely is fairly old, compared to the ratty bags and rugs we often see from Persia, Turkey and the Turkmen regions.
Paul, interesting silk purse - About the size of a chanteh?
Patrick Weiler

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Hi Patrick. The purse is tiny--4.5" x 6". Very fine needlework, and a wild palette of colors. My wife patiently accompanied me to Jon Terry's rug gallery one afternoon years ago, and she saw that and said--oh, that's wonderful! I took note of it and went back to purchase it for her birthday.

[Joel Greifinger Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Joel Greifinger]

Wow, that is one colorful weaving! Big, too, in order to be a bed cover. What technique was used to make it?

Hi Pat,

This is in a technique called Upphämta. It was woven using a weaving sword and a lot of pickup sticks until the late 19th century when drawlooms were adopted in some rural farmsteads. This one is likely from some time between 1860-1880.



Happy holidays.
Joel