TURKMEN TRIBAL RUGS

74HALI ISSUE 151

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1Type 2 Beshir prayer rug [2.1], middle Amu Darya region, ca. 18001825. 1.45 x 2.31m (4'9" x 7'7"). Ralph & Linda Kaffel Collection, Piedmont, California, courtesy Rippon Boswell, Wiesbaden 2Type 1-A Beshir prayer rug [1.4], middle Amu Darya region, first half 19th century. 1.12 x 1.93m (3'8" x 6'4"). Jim Dixon Collection, Occidental, California 3Type 1-C Beshir prayer rug [1.24], middle Amu Darya region, ca. 1875. 1.12 x 1.70m (3'8" x 5'7"). Courtesy Sotheby’s New York