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Antique handmade, long piled nomad rugs are rare and unique. Primitive Rug reveals the stories of the nomadic people who wandered the deserts and mountains of Central Asia and beyond, leaving behind these woven works of art. In our store you will find an exclusive selection of old, nomad made rugs.
These primitive hand woven rugs are from the Amu Darya in the north of Afghanistan, Samarkand in Uzbekistan, the Afghan Pamirs, eastern Turkey, Iran, Spain, eastern Europe, and the mountainous regions of central Afghanistan.
Shaggy Long Pile Tribal Nomad Rugs
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Siirt and Likhnyk blankets are woven inside the territories of early steppe nomads. Woven blankets that are then teased into a matted felt like finish resembling animal hides. The lizhnyk pummeled first by the power of water inside a Valylo before being treated with a teasle to raise the nap. A throwback to primitive techniques, these two blankets are still made today in the Ukraine and Turkey.
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