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.
Donor:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection place:
Baluchi, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Southeast Iran
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran; Southeast, Baluchi, Khorasan
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)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #17: Palo Alto Cultural Center (September 17, 1974–November 17, 1974)