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Tikka, a large nine-row Turkmen rug with four main tribal motifs (gules) repeated
(تكة ، سجادة تركمانية كبيرة ذات تسع صفوف ذات أربعة أشكال قبلية رئيسية جولز متكررة)

Title	Tikka, a large nine-row Turkmen rug with four main tribal motifs (gules) repeated
Title Original	تكة ، سجادة تركمانية كبيرة ذات تسع صفوف ذات أربعة أشكال قبلية رئيسية جولز متكررة
Publication Date:	The beginning of the twelfth century to the beginning of the thirteenth century AH/the nineteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Saint Louis Art Museum
Subject	Wool, asymmetrical knit, right-handed with a density of approximately 68Vx36-37H per decimeter.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 245.1 سم × العرض : 205.7 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	113:1930
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus24;22;ar
Library Location	Saint Louis Art Museum
Date	The beginning of the twelfth century to the beginning of the thirteenth century AH/the nineteenth century AD
Notes	The piece is a large rectangular rug with woven pile of a type known as large/main rugs, the type used mainly to cover floors and used in Turkmen tents. It is decorated with nine rows of four main tribal motifs (gules) with 36 repeating patterns in the main area and traditional palmettes with a pattern of red, cream, black and dark blue. This carpet can be attributed to the Takka, a sub-group of nomadic Turkmen peoples, based on the special shape of the gul motif, which is unique to each tribal unit. The red area of the carpet contains a repeating pattern of elongated, lobed medallions linked by four vertical rows. The blue lines running through the centers of the medallions divide the area into rectangular chambers. Each medallion has an orange-red or white cross-section surrounding a star shape in red and green or red and blue with a smaller star-shape in red and white. The floral patterns in the red and brown style originate from the star shapes, and between the medallions there are cross-shaped designs in white, blue, orange and red. The border contains a row of octagonal medallions alternating in white, red, blue or green. Each octagon is surrounded by rosettes or star shapes in red, blue or green. The medallions are separated by bands with various geometric designs. The outer bands run only on three sides and are divided into narrow sectors in white, yellow, red, blue and green. The outer sectors have a checkerboard pattern.
Sample Text	“Tikka, a large nine-row Turkmen rug with four main tribal motifs (gules) repeated” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;22;ar

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Tikka, a large nine-row Turkmen rug with four main tribal motifs (gules) repeated

(تكة ، سجادة تركمانية كبيرة ذات تسع صفوف ذات أربعة أشكال قبلية رئيسية جولز متكررة)

Publication Date The beginning of the twelfth century to the beginning of the thirteenth century AH/the nineteenth century AD

Publication Place - Saint Louis Art Museum

Subject Wool, asymmetrical knit, right-handed with a density of approximately 68Vx36-37H per decimeter.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول : 245.1 سم × العرض : 205.7 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 113:1930

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus24;22;ar

Library Location Saint Louis Art Museum

Date The beginning of the twelfth century to the beginning of the thirteenth century AH/the nineteenth century AD

Notes The piece is a large rectangular rug with woven pile of a type known as large/main rugs, the type used mainly to cover floors and used in Turkmen tents. It is decorated with nine rows of four main tribal motifs (gules) with 36 repeating patterns in the main area and traditional palmettes with a pattern of red, cream, black and dark blue. This carpet can be attributed to the Takka, a sub-group of nomadic Turkmen peoples, based on the special shape of the gul motif, which is unique to each tribal unit. The red area of the carpet contains a repeating pattern of elongated, lobed medallions linked by four vertical rows. The blue lines running through the centers of the medallions divide the area into rectangular chambers. Each medallion has an orange-red or white cross-section surrounding a star shape in red and green or red and blue with a smaller star-shape in red and white. The floral patterns in the red and brown style originate from the star shapes, and between the medallions there are cross-shaped designs in white, blue, orange and red. The border contains a row of octagonal medallions alternating in white, red, blue or green. Each octagon is surrounded by rosettes or star shapes in red, blue or green. The medallions are separated by bands with various geometric designs. The outer bands run only on three sides and are divided into narrow sectors in white, yellow, red, blue and green. The outer sectors have a checkerboard pattern.

Sample Text “Tikka, a large nine-row Turkmen rug with four main tribal motifs (gules) repeated” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;22;ar