The Art of the Karkusha: A Tassel is Never Just a Tassel

Every misbaha ends in a karkusha — and the karkusha is where a maker shows their hand.

The classic form gathers silk strands beneath the imame in a single fall. The triple-strand style divides the fall into three, a nod to the three passes of dhikr on a 33. Silver-capped designs pin each strand with a polished ferrule, while kazaz work — silver wire braided over silk, an Ottoman craft kept alive by a handful of workshops — turns the tassel itself into jewellery.

Colour matters as much as form: a karkusha in the thread colour of the strand reads quiet and unified; a contrast karkusha makes the piece. In our Custom Atelier, the karkusha is a choice of its own — matched to your bead colour so the whole piece resolves.