Prayer rug

Museum number:
9-15054
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Alternate number:
1041 (previous number (Design Dept.)) and 94 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.04
Description:
Prayer rug, communion (Tarakly?). Cotton, silk, cotton lined. Plain weave, embroidered, print lining, plain weave. White on face, line: white ground, blue, green, red, and purple designs. Floral, geometric motives. Fine piece, exhibited at S. F. Exposition. 39½ inches by 28 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Persia? Turkey? Armenia?
Collector:
Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection date:
1915? 1925?
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Linen (material), and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textiles (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Production date:
17th century, approximate
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 28 inches and length 40 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-15054, described as Prayer rug, communion (Tarakly?). Cotton, silk, cotton lined. Plain weave, embroidered, print lining, plain weave. White on face, line: white ground, blue, green, red, and purple designs. Floral, geometric motives. Fine piece, exhibited at S. F. Exposition. 39½ inches by 28 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-15054, described as Prayer rug, communion (Tarakly?). Cotton, silk, cotton lined. Plain weave, embroidered, print lining, plain weave. White on face, line: white ground, blue, green, red, and purple designs. Floral, geometric motives. Fine piece, exhibited at S. F. Exposition. 39½ inches by 28 inches.

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