Description Eagle-group I, torba, Turkmenistan (Goklan), 18th or early 19th century. A fine example of this rare group, the deeply saturated ground of this large torba is covered by an overall diagonal white lattice pattern known as ak su, "white water." Tsareva writes that the term may indicate a much earlier origin of the pattern in a town on the Great Silk Road, Ak-Su in East Turkestan. Exhibited and Published: Dodds and Eiland, Jr., eds.; ORIENTAL RUGS FROM ATLANTIC COLLECTIONS, p. 185, fig. 214, ICOC, Philadelphia, 1996. Size: 3'5'' x 1'4'' (104 x 41 cm). Weight: 2 lbs. Warp: ivory wool, alternate warps level. Weft: brown wool, two shoots. Pile: wool; asymmetrical knot open on left; 9.5 horiz. x 20 vert. per in. (37 x 79 per dm.).
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