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Salt Bag

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Wool (warp ground weft sumak weft and pile) cotton (white sumak weft and white pile) and goat(?) hair (side finishes); sumak extra-weft wrapping (front); symmetrically knotted pile (bottom edge); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping (back); wrapped warp tassels
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Inger G. and William B. Ginsberg 2015
Title: Salt Bag
Description:
Wool (warp ground weft sumak weft and pile) cotton (white sumak weft and white pile) and goat(?) hair (side finishes); sumak extra-weft wrapping (front); symmetrically knotted pile (bottom edge); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping (back); wrapped warp tassels.

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