Salt Bag - Baktiari, SW Persia W 300 - 600 one pendant is detached)

one pendant is detached)

Condition note: some fraying

Turkmen Breast plate

Because the design is created in the yarns rather than on the finished cloth

Salt Bag - Baktiari, SW Persia W 300 - 600 one pendant is detached)Salt Bag Baktiari, SW Persia. Wool with cotton highlights. Baktiari weavers go for deep dramatic colours with pure white cotton for highlighted decoration. Salt bags were used by shepherds to carry salt for their sheep when out grazing. They are intricate and powerfully artistic expressions by the weaver, usually women. In one of the best books on the subject, Parviz Tanavoli, renowned collector, artist and sculptor, says: These practical objects are