Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

AFRICA – Tunisia
Head cover (Tajira)
Early 20 th Century
Matmata
Wool plainweave, hand spun yarn creating a
bouclé surface finish. Green-black background
with red, yellow and green tie dyed decoration,
fringe at bottom.
81 x 76 cm 32 x 30 in (without fringe)
Another, quite different, tajira worn under the bakhnug.
The tie dyed colored dots decorating the lower half of
this piece is a much less common design theme than
that in the previously shown tajira, which is composed
of woven stripes and edge patterns. An exuberant
9" fringe is woven into the bottom edge of this piece.
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