One of the largest Turkmen tribes, long settled along the Amu Darya in northern Afghanistan. Their rugs are larger, bolder and more open than the fine Tekke.
The Ersari are one of the largest Turkmen tribes, long settled along the Amu Darya in northern Afghanistan and across the border in Turkmenistan. Their rugs are larger, bolder and more open than the finely woven Tekke.
Because they took in other displaced groups along the river, the Ersari never settled on one rigid gül; their designs are a record of mixing rather than a single bloodline. The thick Karakul wool they wove with suits their spacious, monumental medallions.
