253 - INCOMPLETE YOMUT JOLAMI TENT STRIP, LATE 19TH CENTURY, Turkmenistan

INCOMPLETE YOMUT JOLAMI TENT STRIP, LATE 19TH CENTURY, Turkmenistan Fragment of a wide Yomut tent strip made of wool and velvet, with an ivory-colored woven ground featuring polychrome knotwork motifs; the surviving section depicts elongated tree and flower forms; trimmed on both sides; at least one end with the woven section is missing; some restoration and wear; patches; a few stains. Dimensions: 100 × 32 cm (39 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.) Bibliography: P. Hoffmeister, Turkoman Carpets in Franconia, Edinburgh 1980, no. 38 ***; R. Pinner, The Rickmers Collection. Turkoman Rugs, Berlin 1993, no. 62; E. Tsareva, *Turkmen Carpets: Masterpieces of Steppe Art, from the 16th to the 19th Centuries. The Hoffmeister Collection*, Stuttgart 2011, no. 164. A large fragment of a Jolami tent strip, Yomut, Turkmenistan, second half of the 19th century This beautiful tent strip features several silk design details. Woven by a woman of the tribe in the late 19th century, this nearly complete Jolami tent strip was likely made by one of the Yomut or Chodor tribal groups. The Yomud lived in this part of western Central Asia, then known as Western or Russian Turkestan, which is now Turkmenistan. In the second half of the 19th century, they were the second-largest tribe in the Turkmen Confederation after the Tekke. *Please note that the height of this tent strip is 1000 cm, not 100 cm as indicated in the catalog. *Please note that this tent strip is 393 3/4 in., not 39 1/4 in. as stated in the catalog.