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| | The Tribal Gol in Turkmen Carpets-VG Moshkova |
 | | Especially useful during the journeys and at the stopping places were the diz-torba, knotted bags in which salt was carried; there were bags for mirrors, a rare possession, aina kap; for spoons, chemche-torba; spindles, iksilik; and so on. |
 | | If one recalls that in the past, as now, the decorative art of the Turkmenia was in the hands of women, the preservers of the old traditions, and was always most closely linked with the narrow domestic circle, then it is not surprising that one finds in the carpets features of great antiquity. |
 | | It is true that, in the case of the Salor, the special relationship of this tribe could have had special significance: as we know, they were considered to be the most noble and aristocratic tribe, a status inherited from their ecenomic position in Turkmenia over the centuries. |
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