second half 19th century, 140 x 40 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan

A section from one of the long tent bands that were hung around the inner circumference of the tents. The knotted design of the bands consists of various large devices which were usually arranged in mirror-image segments in facing directions from the middle to the ends of the band. In this Yomut fragment, a long tree motif with a crown at each end is almost completely preserved. – Good condition.