Tribal Rugs — A Form of Decorative Art
As some experts have indicated, tribal rugs and rug weaving can be traced back to the Bronze Age, 3,500 years ago. The various decorative arts, rug making, and rugs themselves are representative of a culture in the form of works of art, sculptures, as well as other creative forms. Tribal rugs are not the same as compared to oriental city production carpets. This is still hand-woven, durable, and of the highest quality, although they tend to be slightly smaller in size, and also often have different designs. The oldest carpet recently discovered was found in 1949 inside the burial place of a prince in the Pazaric Valley of the Altai Mountains of Siberia. It has been frozen in constant frost for over 2500 years! Pazyrk carpets are constantly on display in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Rug weaving is one of the main occupations of the tribes. Nomads do not weave large sized rugs as they move around the flat parts of the mountains within pastures. Rugs are woven on simpl