Tsug Den Carpet Sonam Lamo

Regular price: €640.00
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Sale price: €640.00

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Sonam Lamo - weaver of this carpet

This carpet is made from hand-spun beige sheep wool yarn and beige yak wool yarn. It is woven in the traditional Changthang style, on a portable backstrap loom characteristic for the nomadic communities. This type of carpet is called "Tsug Den" and traditionally used as a mattress. The weft is looped around a metal stick and then cut with a blade. It has a soft, yet solid feeling of a carpet, just like a mattress. The carpet consists of 3 panels. After weaving, they are stitched together. In this carpet we wanted to highlight the three panels coming together by weaving frames made from yak wool around each panel.
It is spun and woven by our team of settled nomads close to the city of Leh.
Additional information about the weaving and the tradition here. Our carpets are made to order so please allow 4-6 weeks for your carpet to be sent to you.

90% sheep wool from Ladakh / 10% yak wool
Size: 75cm x 200cm
Weight: 3,5 kg
weft: 100% handspun sheep and yak wool, warp: 100% handspun sheep wool
farming: 1 year
spinning: 3 days by team of 3 spinners
weaving: 1 week by 1 weaver

Please note: This carpet is entirely made by hand. Irregularities in thickness of yarn are characteristic to the craft of handspinning. Sometimes, the width in panels varies slightly.