Jajim
{{Short description|Iranian textile type}}
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Jajim ({{Langx|fa|جاجیم}}; {{Langx|az|Cecim}}; {{Langx|tr|Cicim}}; {{Langx|ru|Джаджим}}) also spelled as gelims, or jajim-bafi,{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2022 |title=Neglected craft of jajim-bafi to be revived in Ilam |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/470872/Neglected-craft-of-jajim-bafi-to-be-revived-in-Ilam |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Tehran Times |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516052041/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/470872/Neglected-craft-of-jajim-bafi-to-be-revived-in-Ilam |url-status=live }} is a handmade, flat-woven textile made of colored natural fiber which is created and used in the majority of villages and rural areas of Iran.{{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWzWAAAAMAAJ |title=دستبافهاى روستايى و عشايرى ورامين |date=2001 |publisher=Yassavoli |isbn=978-964-306-211-8 |language=fa |trans-title=Village handlooms and tribes of Varamin |author-link=Parviz Tanavoli |access-date=2022-10-06 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006213327/https://books.google.com/books?id=YWzWAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |last1=Hall |first1=Elster |title=Persian Kilims |last2=Barnard |first2=Nicholas |publisher=Yasavoli Publishing |year=1996 |isbn=978-9643060053 |location=Iran}} Other locations the Jajim is found include Azerbaijan, Turkey, and India.
About
The nomadic Shahsevan people are thought to be the originators of the handicraft.{{Cite web |last=Kistler |first=Edi |date=February 1999 |title=Shahsavan (die dem Shah dienen) |url=http://www.galerie-kistler.com/TorbaPdf/299%20d.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119072247/http://www.galerie-kistler.com/TorbaPdf/299%20d.pdf |archive-date=2016-01-19 |website=Torba Das Teppichmagazin |language=de}} Jajim is a thicker textile, similar to a blanket. The yarn used to created Jajim are either wool, cotton, or a wool and cotton-blend. In contrast to the classically woven kilims and carpets which is a single panel, to weave a Jajim you create multiple narrow woven panels (often 4) and the panels are sewn together.
They traditionally were used as way for nomadic people to pack their belongings for migration.{{Cite book |last=Tanavoli |first=Parviz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSPrAAAAMAAJ |title=Persian Flatweaves: A Survey of Flatwoven Floor Covers and Hangings and Royal Masnads |date=2002 |publisher=Antique Collectors' Club |isbn=978-1-85149-335-7 |pages=272–273 |language=en |author-link=Parviz Tanavoli |access-date=2022-10-06 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006215152/https://books.google.com/books?id=wSPrAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }} They have also been used as a mattress, to wrap a bed,{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=Khalkhal nominated for national city of Jajim weaving |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/471641/Khalkhal-nominated-for-national-city-of-Jajim-weaving |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Tehran Times |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428173634/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/471641/Khalkhal-nominated-for-national-city-of-Jajim-weaving |url-status=live }} as a korsi cover (a table heater), as a curtain,{{Cite book |last=Huang |first=Julia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b6SmDwAAQBAJ |title=Tribeswomen of Iran: Weaving Memories among Qashqa'i Nomads |date=2014-09-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85773-563-8 |pages=293 |language=en |access-date=2022-10-06 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006231625/https://books.google.com/books?id=b6SmDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }} as a tent, and as a carpet. After a Qashqai bride and groom are married, they use Jajim to create a ceremonial tent.
Since 2020, the Iran Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism has been investing money in promoting the ancient craft through an educational program. Several museum collections have Jajims, include at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF).{{Cite web |date=2015-05-08 |title=Multi-purpose cover (jajim) - |url=https://art.famsf.org/multi-purpose-cover-jajim-1994129 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=FAMSF Search the Collections |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006231633/https://art.famsf.org/multi-purpose-cover-jajim-1994129 |url-status=live }}
See also
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