last quarter 19th century
Bakhtiari tribe district,
Iran
Iran
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumWool (warp, ground weft, and supplementary weft); balanced plain weave with pattern in supplementary brocaded weft (front); weft-faced plain weave (back)
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SizeH. 19 in. (48.3 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
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Geography detailsFrom
Bakhtiari tribe district,
Iran -
Country today
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Datelast quarter 19th century
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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Nomads used small narrow-necked bags to carry salt, which they would add to their food and feed to their grazing animals. Designed in an overall pattern of repeating lozenges, this example stands apart due to its unusual technique: it is made of a plain-weave ground decorated with a pattern in supplementary brocaded weft.
