How were these bags used originally?

Nomadic families utilised these woven pieces for practical storage inside portable yurts, holding household goods, bedding, and spindle tools. Specific items like asmalyks and horse covers served ceremonial roles during tribal weddings and celebrations. Every form had a designated place within daily nomadic life, combining utilitarian durability with symbolic tribal designs passed down through generations.

How do I display a textile at home?

Smaller pieces such as torbas, spindle bags, and asmalyks lend themselves well to mounting on walls as textile art. Their dense wool pile and geometric guls provide strong visual focal points in living spaces. Ensure items are mounted securely without placing direct tension on the ancient wool foundation, keeping them away from direct sunlight to protect the natural dyes.

How can I tell the age of a piece?

Dating relies on examining the materials, particularly the use of hand-spun wool and early natural dye palettes characteristic of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Structural markers, such as native flatweave backs and traditional knotting density, also indicate the period of creation. Earlier nineteenth-century examples often display subtle irregularities in dye lots and spinning that distinguish them from later twentieth-century productions.

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These pieces of yomut turkmen woven textile are tribal weavings from the Trans-Caspian steppes, prized by collectors for their geometric guls and rich wool pile.

Antique Yomut Turkmen Spindle Bag 'Igsalyk' with Plain Weave Back, Circa 1880.

19th century

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Antique Yomut Turkmen Spindle Bag 'Igsalyk' with Plain Weave Back, Circa 1880.

From Cotswold Oriental Rugs

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Scarce Antique Yomut Turkmen UK Ok Bash (Tent-pole Bag), Turkmenistan, Central Asia.circa 1900.

1900 - 1920

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Scarce Antique Yomut Turkmen UK Ok Bash (Tent-pole Bag), Turkmenistan, Central Asia.circa 1900.

From Country House and Eastern Interiors

£500

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Antique Yomut Turkmen Spindle Bag 'Igsalyk' with Plain Weave Back, Circa 1880.

Scarce Antique Yomut Turkmen UK Ok Bash (Tent-pole Bag), Turkmenistan, Central Asia.circa 1900.

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