18th century Yomud Igsalik

I could write thousands of words about this igsalik. If I wasn't trying to put my son through college I would never sell it. The design is a four dimensional representation of an arrow at full draw. It is four dimensional because the bow string is shown vibrating as if the arrow had already been shot. The central column represents the acceleration of an arrow's nock as it leaves the bow. The feeling of acceleration is conveyed by the two initial nocks in white seperated from a single white nock by five vivid red nocks. The red nocks are interspersed with dark colored ones that aren't 'noticed'. The total effect is that of an arrow's nock accelerating towards its target. This little igsalik is one of the clearest and most most amazing pieces of Turkmen textile art I have ever seen in my life. The border design is extremely rare and only found on the oldest Yomud material. The border's background is a faded yellow. The back of this igsalik is deeply scored by many many years of spindles rubbing against it. The visual power of this small weaving is such that it outshines almost anything put next to it.

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