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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6501, described as Prayer rug; brownish terracotta; faded old gold border; (2 grey guards); 2 Trees of Life at sides of niche; soft colors; 61 x 58 inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6529, described as Prayer rug; olive green, magenta, pomegranate border; thick and heavy; 57 inches x 32 inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6518, described as Prayer rug / kilim (slit tapestry); Saraband, black-blue; all over pattern; single ivory border; every girl must make her own for dowry, and she is married on it; 68 in. x 47in.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6564, described as Prayer rug; grey-green bronze, variegated field; ivory border; (1 outside blcok, 1 inside grey and 1 small guard); inscriptions on side of niche; 76 inches x 53 inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6514, described as Quadruple prayer rug; deep blue-green; (Djenguari); (1 small and 3 small bead-like lines); field has 3 vertical urn-like figures; 48 inches x 39 inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6508, described as Prayer rug; rich, purplish-blue; natural gray black border; (1 mahogany and 1 greay, 1 inside trefoil, 1 outside zig-zag guard); 5 Trees of Life; 58 x 34 inches.So-called Beluch rugs are not made in Baluchistan, the southeastern portion of Iran. They are made by nomadic Baluchi tribes hundred of miles to the north in the province of Khurassan.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6519, described as Prayer rug; picture writing; old rose field; tawny gold border; (1 outside rose, and 1 inside ashes of roses guard); variegated bluish green corners; 58 inches x 42 inches.
Image Missing: 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.
Image Missing: 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-337, described as Prayer rug - arch at one end orients the rug in a single direction. This prayer niche or mihrab is probably adapted from mosque architecture.

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