Rug with Polychrome Squares and Arrowheads
N°
00863
Period
Circa 1950
Origin
Eastern Morocco
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
418 x 198 cm13'8" x 6'6"
The Ait Bou Ichaouen tribe, residing in eastern Morocco near the Algerian border, crafts Berber carpets with wild patterns and audacious color combinations. These designs starkly contrast the essentially colorless steppe surroundings. Large format examples, known as tharashna, serve as bedding (Saulniers 2000, p. 107). This rug exhibits all the group’s characteristic features, including a boldly colored checkerboard pattern interrupted by clusters of polychrome devices resembling arrowheads.
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