Prayer rug

Museum number:
9-6531
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2024
Description:
Prayer rug; black-blue border; silk warp; (2 rose and 1 carnation guard); rose medallion center; 4 corners with large leaves; 64 inches x 53 inches.
Donor:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection place:
Southwestern Anatolia, Anatolia, Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Turkey; Anatolia, Southwest
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 9-6531, described as Prayer rug; black-blue border; silk warp; (2 rose and 1 carnation guard); rose medallion center; 4 corners with large leaves; 64 inches x 53 inches.

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