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Taimani |
ORIGIN |
Afghanistan, Central |
DATE |
~1950 |
SIZE |
2.07 x 1.12 meters |
DESCRIPTION |
Taimani is small Farsi/Turkic speaking tribe located in the central mountain regions of Afghanistan. They belong to a larger cluster of tribes, the Char Aimaq, who are scattered throughout Afghanistan and Iran. This nomadic group is named after Taiman, a Kakar Pushtun who built up a coalition in the mountains of Ghor around 1650. The selvedge is more like Balouch, hence the alternate opinion on origin. Kind of a "fish scale" pattern of interlocking directional designs. |
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