Country of Origin: Turkey
Date of Origin Mid 19th century
Use: East Anatolian Kurdish bag
JBOC Comments:
Description:
East Anatolian Kurdish bag
Size: 53cm(H) x 58cm(W) / 1'9"(H) x
1'11"(W)
Region: West Asia ? Turkey ? East Anatolia ? Kurd
Item Type: Rugs and Carpets ? Bags and Trappings
? Bag
Period / Date: 19th century ? mid (1834 - 1866)
Materials: wool
Structure / Technique: simple weft-wrapping
("weftless sumak")
Condition: Good
Comments On Condition: small repairs in places
(corners and edges)
Full Description: Published in the recent ICOC
book and twice before, this is one of the oldest,
finest, and most beautiful of the East Anatolian
Kurdish sumak bags without a ground weft.
Notes
on John Wertime
Seen on www.CloudBand.com
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