Prayer rug

Museum number:
9-6515
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090006515
Accession number:
Acc.2024
Description:
Triple prayer rug; picture writing; Turkish red, pumpkin orange border; (2 small guards); surface worn; 38 inches x 32 inches.
Donor:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection place:
Western Anatolia, Anatolia, Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Turkey; Anatolia, West
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 9-6515, described as Triple prayer rug; picture writing; Turkish red, pumpkin orange border; (2 small guards); surface worn; 38 inches x 32 inches.

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