Antique Qazvin Kurd Animal Bag
Textiles played a key role in the lives of tribal people
particularly in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. They wove rugs to sleep on,
rugs to roll out their bread; in fact if they needed it they were likely to
weave it if at all possible. One common woven item was a bag. They came in all
shapes and sizes. Here I have a video on
a bedding bag. If they had to move, household items were loaded in the bag and
it was tied on the back of an animal from a burro, horse or camel. When they
were not in use for mioving then they were often used in the yurt for storage
or as a seat cushion.
Bedding Bags are often called Juvals or Chuvals. The proper translation from Turkmen is Chuval.
Many people consider the now famous
Jenkins Salor chuval as the greatest turkmen chuval of all time.
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