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Antique Salt Bag, Afshar Tribes of Kerman Province, Southern Persia.
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
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Antique Salt Bag, Afshar Tribes of Kerman Province, Southern Persia.

1900 - 1920
Description

What a fabulous salt bag! Intricately woven with vegetable-dye wool in soumack technique, this stunning bag is in immaculate condition for its age. Woven by Afshar tribes in the Bardsir area of southern Persia around the end of the 19th century, the highly experienced weaver had a superb feeling for design as you can see in the way that the lozenges in the central field appear to float over the compartmentalised pattern. Note also, the one remaining or possibly only one, cowrie shell symbolising 'good luck'! Let's not forget the back of the bag! Woven in madder-red plainweave technique, it features 9 stylised creatures. The sides of the bag are finely braided with goat-hair. A truly fantastic and collectable bag of the type very rarely found these days.

Size: 65cm x 56cm (2' 2" x 1' 10").

Physical Dimensions
Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
56cm (22.05")
Declaration

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.

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SA239901
Dealers Internal Reference
BM/SB43
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Description
What a fabulous salt bag! Intricately woven with vegetable-dye wool in soumack technique, this stunning bag is in immaculate condition for its age. Woven by Afshar tribes in the Bardsir area of southern Persia around the end of the 19th century, the highly experienced weaver had a superb feeling for design as you can see in the way that the lozenges in the central field appear to float over the compartmentalised pattern. Note also, the one remaining or possibly only one, cowrie shell symbolising 'good luck'! Let's not forget the back of the bag! Woven in madder-red plainweave technique, it features 9 stylised creatures. The sides of the bag are finely braided with goat-hair. A truly fantastic and collectable bag of the type very rarely found these days.

Size: 65cm x 56cm (2' 2" x 1' 10").

Height
65cm (25.59")
Width
56cm (22.05")
Date of Manufacture

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA239901
Dealers Internal Ref
BM/SB43
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2011

Dealing in antique and old tribal rugs, dowry weavings and decorative carpets from the near east and central asia since 1979.

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Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets
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Antique Salt Bag, Afshar Tribes of Kerman Province, Southern Persia.
Antique Salt Bag, Afshar Tribes of Kerman Province, Southern Persia.
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