Jaf Kurd

The Arabesque and Craycraft Jaf Kurd bag face second half 19th C

Detail: The Knights Antiques Jaff Kurd Bag Kordestan Province late 19th

Bird Foot Border
If I recall correctly the first time I heard the term "Birds Foot Border" was from a Virginia lawyer named Wendorf. I think he moved off to the hinterland and I lost track of him. I have no idea if the weaver ever had a birds foot in mind but the name works. Not also the offset knots that are easy to see in the brown that outlines the medallion.

Diamond Border

I have no idea of the significance of this border but I noticed that there seems to be a group with a common border.

Detail of the back: The Tony Kitz Jaf Kurd Bag Face, 19th Century No 1

Who Are the Jaf

From: The Kurdish People: an Analysis by language, geography, religion and ethnicity

PEOPLE NAME

COUNTRY

LANGUAGE BRANCH

LANGUAGE

DIALECTS

ALTERNATE NAMES FOR THIS PEOPLE OR LANGUAGE

OTHER ETHNIC NAMES (TRIBES, CLANS)

PLACE NAMES ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS
PEOPLE

RELIGIOUS SECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PEOPLE

ROPAL
(FROM THE ETHNO-
LOGUE)

PEOPLE POPULATION
IN THIS COUNTRY

PEOPLE POPULATION
IN THE WORLD

SPEAKERS OF THIS LANG IN THE WORLD

Kurd

Iran

KURDISH

KURDI

Jafi, Kirmanshahi

Southern Kurd, Sorani

Barzinji, Jaf, Bosikan, Kurian, Musi, Sarmi, Talabani, Zekiri, Zubari

Kermanshah (Bakhtaran), Khorasan, Kordestan, Sanandaj, West Azerbaijan

Yezidi, Shabaki, Ahl-i-Haqq (Yaresan), Sarli

KDB00

605,000

4,197,500

7,329,500

From Ambassador Eagleton:

In addition to these well-known Iranian Kurdish rugs, there is a wide variety of other Kurdish tribal weavings, from the far north down the mountains to Kermanshah. Near Kermanshah the small pile bags of the Jaf and Sanjabi tribes dominate. Kurdish Carpet and Kelim

A complete Jaf Kurd khordjin end 19th-early 20th lot 435

Jaf Kurd Salt Bags

I put the Jaf Kurd Salt Bags over in my new guide.

Guide to Persian Salt bags

Jaf Kurd Rugs

It seems to me that the Jaf produced a significant quantity of rugs. However I rarely see rugs in the trade or the collections labeled Jaf. This causes me to suspect that we call them something else and that they are right in front of us.

Detail of the back: The Arabesque and Craycraft Jaf Kurd bag face second half 19th C

Jaf Kurd weavers use two rows of wefts between each row of knots

We sometimes see bags woven with but a single weft between each row of knots. I am still not sure who weaves them but the Kolyai Kurds are a possibility.

Jaf Like Kurd Bag with Single Weft early 20th C