Prayer Carpet

From the Kula region, with a design referred to as "mezarlik," or cemetery. This consists of a pattern which repeats in the field, consisting of a cypress, another tree and a small structure, which could be a house or mausoleum. The carpet was woven with the pattern upside down. Warps: 2 Z spun S plied buff undyed wool; alternate warps depressed. Wefts: 1 ply, Z spun buff undyed wool. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied. Pile colors: dark red, light blue, undyed white wool, dark brown, yellow, two beiges (which may have faded, original color undetermined), lavender. There is a series of knots with two-wool-bicolored knots in black and white, and in other combinations. Both selvedges replaced. Top and bottom ends: 1/2 to 1 cm tapestry weave, stripped.