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Double Flour Bag

Title	Double Flour Bag
Publication Date:	last quarter 19th century
Publication Place	From Western Iran, Bakhtiari tribe -
Subject	Islamic Art
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	H. 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm) W. 56 in. (142.2 cm)
Library:	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Library Asset ID	2015.490.13
Record ID	681582
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	last quarter 19th century
Notes	Gift of Inger G. and William B. Ginsberg, 2015 — From Western Iran, Bakhtiari tribe
Malzeme	Wool (warp, sumak weft, and pile), cotton (ground weft), and goat(?) hair (braided loops); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping (front); symmetrically knotted pile (top and bottom edges); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping and twined and braided loop closures (back)

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Double Flour Bag

Publication Date last quarter 19th century

Publication Place From Western Iran, Bakhtiari tribe -

Subject Islamic Art

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions H. 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm) W. 56 in. (142.2 cm)

Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Library Asset ID 2015.490.13

Record ID 681582

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date last quarter 19th century

Notes Gift of Inger G. and William B. Ginsberg, 2015 — From Western Iran, Bakhtiari tribe

Malzeme Wool (warp, sumak weft, and pile), cotton (ground weft), and goat(?) hair (braided loops); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping (front); symmetrically knotted pile (top and bottom edges); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping and twined and braided loop closures (back)