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An Antique Baluch Bird Bag
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Haliden Oriental Carpets

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An Antique Baluch Bird Bag

19th century
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An antique Baluch saddle bag with sought after, bird design complete with original back.

Circa 1890

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Haliden Oriental Carpets has dated this Antique Baluch Bird Bag to the 1890s.

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Description
An antique Baluch saddle bag with sought after, bird design complete with original back.

Circa 1890

Date of Manufacture

Haliden Oriental Carpets has dated this Antique Baluch Bird Bag to the 1890s.

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SA1218496
Haliden Oriental Carpets
Haliden Oriental Carpets
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2017

Dealer in antique decorative carpets, runners, oriental and tribal rugs, cleaning and restoration specialist

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An antique square handwoven Baluch wool bag face featuring rows of stylised terracotta and blue bird motifs on a dark brown ground framed by a white geometric border.
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Archive I An antique square handwoven Baluch wool bag face featuring rows of stylised terracotta and blue bird motifs on a dark brown ground framed by a white geometric border.

An Antique Baluch Bird Bag

Archive II An antique square handwoven Baluch wool bag face featuring rows of stylised terracotta and blue bird motifs on a dark brown ground framed by a white geometric border. View II
Archive III An antique square handwoven Baluch wool bag face featuring rows of stylised terracotta and blue bird motifs on a dark brown ground framed by a white geometric border. View III
Archive IV An antique square handwoven Baluch wool bag face featuring rows of stylised terracotta and blue bird motifs on a dark brown ground framed by a white geometric border. View IV
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Haliden Oriental Carpets

Haliden Oriental Carpets
Telephone 07774 606196
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Clevedon
North Somerset
United Kingdom

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Haliden Oriental Carpets
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An antique square handwoven Baluch wool bag face featuring rows of stylised terracotta and blue bird motifs on a dark brown ground framed by a white geometric border.
An antique Baluch Bird Bag
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An antique square handwoven Baluch wool bag face featuring rows of stylised terracotta and blue bird motifs on a dark brown ground framed by a white geometric border.
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  • ObjectTribal Textiles
  • Period19th century
  • StyleBaluch Tribal
  • MaterialWool, Natural Dyes
  • ColourIndigo Blue, Dark Brown, Terracotta
  • MotifsStylised bird motifs, Geometric barber-pole border, Grid composition

This antique Baluch tribal saddle bag dates from the 1890 period and comes complete with its original back. The handwoven wool textile employs natural dyes in indigo blue, dark brown, and terracotta. The square composition shows visible age with fraying at the top edges, and features rows of stylised bird motifs arranged in a grid across the dark brown ground. A geometric barber-pole border in white frames the central design, enclosed by thin outer stripes. In a contemporary home, this textile suits a narrow wall space as a decorative wall hanging in a hallway, bedroom, or living area. It brings traditional tribal texture and pattern to bohemian interiors, displaying authentic craft details like hand-knotted wool construction and traditional folk motifs.

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A Baluch bird bag is a traditional handwoven tribal textile crafted by Baluch nomads across eastern Iran and Afghanistan, originally created as a utilitarian transport container decorated with stylised avian symbols.

These textiles are predominantly hand-knotted or flatwoven using hand-spun wool dyed with natural plant extracts, yielding dark indigo blues, madder reds, and walnut shades.

Authentic Baluch pieces feature a dark, saturated colour palette, asymmetric knotting, dark selvages, and distinct geometric or zoomorphic motifs such as repeat bird figures.

A Baluch bag face can be mounted as framed wall art, converted into a decorative floor cushion, or layered over furniture to add historic texture and rich indigo tones.

Keep the textile away from direct sunlight to prevent fibre degradation, vacuum gently without a rotating beater bar, and consult a professional textile conservator for cleaning.
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