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DECORATION CARPET PRODUCTS
Throughout the ages, camel breeding occupied was called jahaz. They placed a saddlecloth on
a special place in the economy of Eastern countries the camel, pulled the cleft of a chul onto its hump,
situated in the hot climate zone. It is assumed that, covered it with a felt kapan, and a shawl covered the
initially, camels were brought to the territory of whole camel’s body. A jahaz, and a shawl bandaged
Azerbaijan through Central Asia. The history of with an orkan finalized the dressing.
camel breeding in Azerbaijan dates back to the late The colourful pompons and bells were used to
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2 millennium – early 1 millennium BCE. A camel decorate camel headdress, that helped to establish
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bone, found in ancient Mingechevir, and two camel some kind of connection between the beginning and
skeletons, found in Fuzuli, are proof of this . 1 end of the caravan. It also helped to distract camel’s
Camel breeding was developed mostly in the attention from the ambient sounds.
plain regions of Azerbaijan being one of the main Camel decorations were woven mainly in Shirvan,
vehicles. Until recently, they fully decorated camels Mughan, Mil and Karabakh regions of Azerbaijan.
to make them look beautiful during holidays and In Kalbajar, they called it ley. Camel headdresses
celebrations. Women from rich families rode this from the various regions differed due to their artistic
decorated camels during holidays. This decoration and technical features.
Nine rare examples of camel head decorations
are housed within the museum collection. Examples
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from Shirvan, belonging to the late 19 – early
20 centuries were woven with mainly coloured
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felt, fabric and the jejim, and decorated with shells,
mirrors and horse tails. These decorations were used
for protection against the evil forces.
Rusiya Etnoqrafiya Muzeyinin arxivindən. 1880–1900
Archive of the Russian Museum of Ethnography. 1880–1900
