Antique Salt-Bag, Kurdish Sanjabi Tribe, Kurdistan.
Price
£750
| $989 USD | €896 EUR
Item Ref
BM2095
Description
This salt-bag - 'namakdan' in Persian - has to be handled to appreciate the wonderful tactile quality of the bag. It is chunky! The front face is woven in thick overlay/underlay brocading with a stunning use of sky-blue on the madder-red background and the back is in white cotton plain-weave with semi-depressed warps, providing a strong structure and an amazing handle. Particularly attractive, is the knotted-pile base in diagonal stripes of mid blue, turquoise, aubergine, red and golden-yellow.This fabulous namakdan is in excellent condition and retaining its original braided hanging cord.
Woven by Sanjabi Kurds in Kurdistan around 1900.
Size: 60cm x 36cm (2' 0" x 1' 2").
Viewing by appointment only.
Internal Ref: BM2095
Dimensions
Height = 60 cm (24")Width = 36 cm (14")
Depth = 0 cm (0")
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