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Layering of carded wool

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posted on 2025-06-27, 09:40 authored by Yad Deen
Salim Ali demonstrating the traditional technique of making felt, layering and spreading machine-carded lambswool on a reed mat using his hand-made fork-like tool. At the back, SA stacked raw wool in plastic sacks.

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Session

W02

Rights owner

Yad Deen and Renas Babakir

Title alt

چین چینکردنی بەرگنی شیکراوە

Description alt

سەلیم عەلی لەسەر شێوازی نەریتی خەریکی دروستکردنی لبادێکە. بەرگنی شیکراوە لەسەر یەک چین چین دەکات لەسەر چیخێک بە بەکار هێنانی شەن . لە بەشی پشتەوە چەند گوێنیەک بەرگن دانراوە.

Cultural group

Kurdish

Participants

Salim Ali

Country

Iraq

Place

Kifri, Kurdistan

Item/object

layering and spreading wool

Techniques of production

Felted

Materials

Wool-lambswool

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Workshop

Intent

SA is layering machine-carded lambswool and spreading it on a reed mat in preparation to make a small round felt mat.

Date of creation

2023-03-19

Unique ID

2022SG01-W02-0005

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