asmalyk
File:Yomut asmalyk.jpg, first half of 19th century]]
An asmalyk (Turkmen language, "a thing to be hung"{{Cite web|url=http://www.spongobongo.com/Turkoman.htm|title=Turkmen Rugs: A Guide To Turkmen Rug & Carpet Styles|website=www.spongobongo.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-15}}) is a textile trapping used in a Turkmen wedding procession. Asmalyks may be pile or embroidered, and are usually five-sided, but some are seven-sided. Yomut asmalyks are the most common, followed by those of the Tekke tribe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.spongobongo.com/ltf/ltf9949.htm|title=Yomut Asmalyk|website=www.spongobongo.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-15}} Asmalyks were made in pairs to decorate the flanks of a bride's wedding camel, and were then hung in her domed, felt-covered tent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ne-rugsociety.org/gallery/collectors-eye/catalogue-45.htm|title=Collector's Eye No. 45|website=www.ne-rugsociety.org|access-date=2018-09-15}}
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External links
- [http://www.turkotek.com/misc_00030/two-sided_asmalyk_files/camel_and_asmalyk.jpg Camel, bridal trappings and asmalyk], old photograph
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714082357/http://www.rugreview.com/82mush.htm A Rare "Jewelry" Asmalyk, Stylistic and Technical Analysis]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100808072435/http://www.rugreview.com/dud6b.htm Tekke "Bird" Asmalyk]