Prayer rug; aqua marine; wide burnt orange border; large cypress tree dominating the field; (1 outside gold and 1 inside grey-tan guard); burnt orange corners; 89 inches x 52 inches.)
Donor:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection place:
Western Anatolia, Anatolia, Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Turkey; Anatolia, West
Collector:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection date:
1914-1923
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:
S1972-1973 #36: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 30, 1972–February 28, 1973)