Antique Salt-Bag, Afshar Tribes of Bardsir, Kerman Province, South Persia.
Price
£850
| $1,148 USD | €1,000 EUR
Item Ref
BM27
Description
This finely woven salt-bag -'namakdan' in Persian - has a field design in soumak technique of stylised '8-pointed stars', symbols of protection. The main border comprises 'S' symbols or stylised 'dragons', also protective. The neck of the bag is beautifully finished in chevron pattern and braided at the very top. The plain-weave back is finished in wide horizontal bands of madder-red and apricot with one area having a small stain which I presume, happened during its time in tribal useage.Woven by Afshar nomads in the environs of Bardsir, Kerman Province, south Persia during the last quarter of the 19th century, the bag is in very good, original condition albeit, it has a tiny stain on the terracotta, plain-weave back.
Size: 72cm x 66cm (2' 4" x 2' 2").
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Internal Ref: BM27
Dimensions
Height = 72 cm (29")Width = 66 cm (26")
Depth = 0 cm (0")
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