Amu-Darya
Valley(?) Chuval

4' 7" X 2' 11"

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This chuval impresses with the majestic scale of its design elements, both in the field and in the borders. Its field color and white woolen wefts are also unusual. Probably the product of some unknown group from the middle Amu Darya valley.

  
 
 
 

Structural Data:

Warp:

 brown hair, slightly depressed

Weft:

 white wool
Pile: asymmetric open to the left
Knots per inch: vertical: 9
horizontal: 10
density: 90
Woven from: bottom
   

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