How do I care for a tribal rug?

Protect the wool pile by placing the rug in areas with moderate foot traffic and rotating it periodically. Regular gentle vacuuming without a rotating brush roll helps maintain the clean condition of the fibres. Professional cleaning tailored to antique wool textiles ensures the natural dyes remain stable and protected.

A bag face is the surviving decorative front panel of a utilitarian nomadic storage sack. Tribes used these woven containers for transporting belongings during seasonal migrations. Collectors prize these panels because weavers often concentrated their finest work and most intricate designs into these smaller formats.

How old are these carpets?

The pieces available date from the nineteenth century up to the 1930s. Stylistic traits and structural materials help establish this historical timeframe. Hand-spun wool and traditional natural dye palettes are characteristic markers of these earlier periods.