Lovely Ersari rug, hand-knotted from good quality wool and dyed with natural vegetable dyes. An excellent quality rug with beautiful orange hues typical of Ersari rugs. The foundation of the rug is undyed goat or sheep's wool. The rug has some signs of ware but is generally in good condition and has lots of life left in it.
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Ersari is one of the most important Turkoman tribes, it's people are considered among the best weavers of the 24 clans with the most specialist and smallest clans being Ersari and Tekke. Originally nomadic, these proud people are mostly settled in Northern Afghanistan in the area bordered by Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. These fine rugs are dyed using traditional natural vegetable dyes and then hand knotted in Northern Afghanistan