Prayer rug; silk; rose field, blue border; blue corners; (2 gold guards); Tree of Life; treated and painted; inscription (?) at end borders; 50 inches x 25 inches.
Donor:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection place:
Kashan, Isfahan Province, Southwest Iran
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran; North, Kashan
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