 Detail from The Stephen Louw Ersari Beshir
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Yilan Beshir or Beshir Yilan - (not Ersari or
Beshir Cloudband) - yilan=snake Here we see a
rug pattern that in the trade is often called a
Cloud Band bashir. The proper term is a Yilan
Beshir. Yilan is Turkmen for snake. The pattern
strikes me as a flower and other people as a
cloud band. However the Turkmen see it as a Yilan
Beshir.
This page is part of a cooperative project
with Seyitguly Batyrov of Turkmen
Carpets Online to give a proper spelling of
common Turkmen terms used in describing rugs.
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