Elibelinde (Turkish for "hands on hips") is a Turkish motif of a hands-on-hips female figure. It is widely used on kilims (flat tapestry-woven carpets)...
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such as the hands-on-hips elibelinde are woven in to the design to express the hopes and concerns of the weavers: the elibelinde symbolises the female principle...
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meanings as described by Güran Erbek in Kilim. A widely used motif is the elibelinde, a stylized female figure representing motherhood and fertility. Other...
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others are confined to Anatolia. An especially widely used motif is the Elibelinde (hands on hips): Anatolian symbol of the mother goddess, mother with child...
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in culture Eagle rug Early Anatolian animal carpets Gul Kilim motifs Elibelinde Evil eye Tree of life Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting...
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in culture Eagle rug Early Anatolian animal carpets Gul Kilim motifs Elibelinde Evil eye Tree of life Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting...
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in culture Eagle rug Early Anatolian animal carpets Gul Kilim motifs Elibelinde Evil eye Tree of life Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting...
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in culture Eagle rug Early Anatolian animal carpets Gul Kilim motifs Elibelinde Evil eye Tree of life Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting...
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Çatalhöyük. A well-known pattern in Anatolian kilims, sometimes referred to as Elibelinde (lit.: “hands on hips”), was therefore determined to depict the Mother...
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in culture Eagle rug Early Anatolian animal carpets Gul Kilim motifs Elibelinde Evil eye Tree of life Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting...
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in culture Eagle rug Early Anatolian animal carpets Gul Kilim motifs Elibelinde Evil eye Tree of life Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting...
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