Carpet, 10×6 ft

Piece

CRP-04A-9F12

Craft: Hand-knotted Carpet
Technique: Natural Dye Ratios
Signed: 21 July 2025

The Master

Mohammad Yusuf Sheikh

4th generation · Hand-knotted Carpet

Khanyar, Srinagar

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00:00 / 00:30 · VAULT

Natural Dye Ratios

— Mohammad Yusuf Sheikh

Vault clip · Technique walkthrough

30-second excerpt from the master's Vault session, demonstrating the exact technique used on this piece.

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Provenance chain

Every step from the raw material to your hands is recorded on Hunarmand's ledger.

01 · Material origin
Where the raw material was sourced.
- Single-flock spring wool — Gurez Valley
  Sourced from one shepherd family for 38 years. · Spring 2022 fleece
- Madder root, dried — Pulwama
  Harvested in October, rested 6 months before grinding. · Oct 2022 madder
- Walnut husk pigment — Rajouri
  For dye depth. One sack lasts the full winter. · Walnut husk, autumn 2023
02 · Technique applied
The captured technique used to make this piece.
Natural Dye Ratios
"The madder must boil for four hours, never more."
Vault session · yusuf-natural-dye · 2025-09-02
03 · Date of completion
16 July 2025
4 · Date of signing
The day the master cryptographically signed the piece.
21 July 2025

5 · Cryptographic signature

An Ed25519 signature linking this piece to the master's published key.

ed25519:ca233d227fc3…View full signature

Public key (Ed25519)

ed25519:ca23 3d22 7fc3 a871 fbdb b7db 6d16 0b4f 1e18 8822 6c22 e23f 471a d10b d462 b856

Signature

sig:da66 8df6 3692 539f d244 ec88 7ed9 4d70 0112 2862 b8eb 9a6d 5690 23cd d4c3 bf99 c4b0 030b e5d8 bcc5 bdd7 2fa9 3baa 7c5e 73de 3820 4eda 6dc9 b6d5 cc40 3e8c 5d0e

Piece ID: CRP-04A-9F12

Fair price band

Pieces of this type and technique are valued by verified Hunarmand masters between Rs. 5,20,000 and Rs. 5,80,000.

Low end

Rs. 5,20,000

High end

Rs. 5,80,000