tawnza

Meaning: Hair bangs

• Type: Pile Knot Rug
• Origin:  Beni Ourain.
• Dimension: 
• Technique: Pile Knot weave
• Decoration and Symbology: In this carpet the weaver placed a diamond (made of little diamonds) inside a ladder frame on top of an Off-White field. The frame is the male element, represented by a ladder in the right and left sides while the top and bottom is made of black and off-white triangles (female element representing the vulva) outlined by a straight line (male element).  
• Knot style: Berber 
• Wool velvet: Off-White
• Fringe: Thick, plaited and stopped by a simple knot
• Material: Wool
• Wrap: Off-White
• Weft: Off-White for the field, black for the diamonds and the frame.
• Bottom end: Finished by an assemblage of threads into braided fringes and a horizontal black thread (chevron style).  
• Top end: Finished by an assemblage of threads into braided fringes and a horizontal black thread (chevron style).