>Weaving:Yurt Dwelling

The Yurt is a common domical dwelling found throughout Northern Afghanistan and also in the Pamir Mountains. The dwelling is a simple one room space but the construction is a fairly sophisticated process. The Yurt is consisted of a lattice wall system fram that can expand and contract due to the pinned lattice work. A roof system of willow wood is also pinned to the frame and the whole structure is then finished with a covering of felt, ropes and woven reed. The above examples are but two styles of Yurts, whose forms vary slightly by tribe.