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Shahsavan tribal confederation
Northwestern Iran, Bijar area
Pair of Saddlebags (khorjin),
late 19th century
The Shahsavan weave pairs of bags in many
sizes; larger ones such as these were used
for transporting their household goods. While khorjin with
weft-wrapped (sumak) fronts are more common,
entire bags are sometimes made in the slit-tapestry (kilim)
technique employed here.
As their leather repair testifies, these bags
were subjected to hard use. Their colors, in
cheerful disarray on the deepest of blue grounds,
enliven the geometric forms in their fields. Comparison with
other Shahsavan weaving suggests that these forms are doubled,
stylized plants, here protectively "walled" by the starkly
crenellated borders.
J.B.
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| SIZE:
46 x 22 1/2 in. (116.8 x 57 cm.) |
| WARP:
cotton, Z3S; ivory |
| WEFT: wool, z2s;
ivory, dark brown, light brown-red, red, light red, pink, dark
orange, orange, yellow, green,
blue-green, dark blue (abrash), light blue |
| ENDS: brown wool
warp-faced plain weave, turned under |
| SIDES:
multicolored wool overcast |
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