Prayer rug

Museum number:
9-6501
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090006501
Accession number:
Acc.2024
Description:
Prayer rug; brownish terracotta; faded old gold border; (2 grey guards); 2 Trees of Life at sides of niche; soft colors; 61 x 58 inches.
Donor:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection place:
Anatolia, Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Turkey
Collector:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Prayer rugs
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6501, described as Prayer rug; brownish terracotta; faded old gold border; (2 grey guards); 2 Trees of Life at sides of niche; soft colors; 61 x 58 inches.

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