Sacks chuval maprach for keeping dresses linen and other things.
Carpets of turkmenistan and kyrgyzstan.
Up to date shyrdak is one of the rarest kind of carpets weaving in kirgizia.
New to this thread but in case this is still useful.
I don t personally obsess about precise provenance anyway because the whole thing is a bit of a racket in every country just buy the carpet that looks the best to you personally.
The carpets usually came with an average price tag of 200 rubles.
Among the most popular kinds of carpets are tush kyjiz shirdak piled rugs kurak chiy ala kyjiz.
I have one from the early 1900 s and i have been trying to contact the right people in turkmenistan carpet ministry about it i think i will probably keep my mouth shut and just enjoy it.
They are presented to girls as a dowry for their wedding day.
In 2016 the trade turnover between kyrgyzstan and turkmenistan amounted to around 5 2 million which was 23 7 more compared to the statistics of last year.
The kyrgyz president visited to turkmenistan in november 2014 and the turkmen president visited bishkek in august 2015.
Price range was 300 500 usd each.
Surrounding the horse on a band of red are five traditional carpet motifs representing the teke yomut arsary chowdur and saryk tribes.
The seller already had the necessary documents prepared and agreed to send the carpets via turkmenistan post for 100 usd each.
A lot of uzbek carpets are not made in uzbekistan at all they re made in turkmenistan and occasionally afghanistan.
But many carpet experts lament that turkmenistan is no.
The turkmen carpets by their use divided into khali carpets which were used as decorations of dwellings.
Nowadays the shyrdak carpets are made in the provinces of naryn and issyk kul.
Namazlik small carpets which earlier were used as under layers during the prayer and gapikilim ensi carpets of medium size for covering the entrance to the yurta.
For centuries the famous hand made carpets of central asia have been among the most important sources of income for rural turkmen families.
Besides the carpet products include different bags torba hanging on the walls of the house or yurta for keeping small house things.
The carpet museum was selling similar sized carpets for more than 1 000 usd each.
I bought them in the gift store of the grand turkmen hotel.
Both are 3 square meters.
Former soviet republics of azerbaijan turkmenistan and kyrgyzstan were the leaders in the production of this now outdated luxury.
