Prayer rug

Museum number:
9-6544
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090006544
Accession number:
Acc.2024
Object count:
1
Description:
Prayer rug; maroon rose; 3 equal borders in ivory, green, and pumpkin; (1 outside and 1 inside Greek Key and 1 maroon guard): 54 inches x 41 inches.
Donor:
Mardig Y. Parnay
Collection place:
Western Anatolia, Anatolia, Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Turkey; Anatolian, West
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)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer rug, accession number 9-6544, described as Prayer rug; maroon rose; 3 equal borders in ivory, green, and pumpkin; (1 outside and 1 inside Greek Key and 1 maroon guard): 54 inches x 41 inches.

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