Antique Turkish Kurdish Village Rug - Malatya Province, Eastern Anatolia

Kurds of Eastern Anatolia, an Unusual array of design in this village rug,almost looking like a prayer rug with the pair of rams horns to the top inside the blue/black field and the geometric scarab beetles inside the ivory ground main border. The inverted s-shaped motifs within the quarter spandrels and the pair of stylised love hearts at the bottom are also a nice touch. Has a soft light orangey/apricot ground colour and all made from wool with partial black goat hair side bindings. hand washed, last images and de-dusted. All over even pile with a couple of lower spots, all imaged. Even fringes and side cords. All woollen hand knotted construction.