Prayer rug / kilim (slit tapestry); Saraband, black-blue; all over pattern; single ivory border; every girl must make her own for dowry, and she is married on it; 68 in. x 47in.
Donor:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection place:
Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, Northwest Iran
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran; Northwest, Kilim-Senua
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)
Loans:
S1978-1979 #60: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (April 10, 1979–July 3, 1979)