Let's take a closer look at the​ chul​ (a horse or camel cloth),​ the first exhibit of the museum's Carpet Products collection.​

 

This carpet product joined the collection back in 1967. Chul is a decorative cover that was used to protect and decorate the backs of different beasts of burden. The horizontal stripes of different colors are decorated with the stylized bird images and​ zanjira, a​ symbolic image of a dragon,​ as well as human images and various little stars, featuring the cosmological thinking of our ancestors.​ Tamga (stamp) images in the shape of a peacock associated with mystical ideas about the world enhance the object's design.​

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Chul. Lanbaran village, Karabakh, Azerbaijan. 19th century. Warp, weft – wool, patterning yarn – wool, cotton. Interweaving, wrapping. Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum collection