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Shahsavan tribal confederation,
Northwestern Iran
Pair of Small Bags (khorjin),
late 19th century
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30
Shahsavan tribal confederation,
Northwestern Iran
Pair of Small Bags (khorjin),
late 19th century |
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Together these small khorjin illustrate the variety
of materials and weaving techniques used by
Shahsavan tribeswomen to create objects of
everyday utility. On each face of one pair of bags
is a stepped polygon within reciprocal borders, a
pattern made by wrapping extra wefts - here
wool and ivory silk - around the warps (a process
known as sumak) in a way that entirely obscures
the underlying foundation. The other pair of
bags has a warp-faced ground of ivory cotton,
which remains visible between the delicate
flowering plants and larger, diamond-shaped
medallions in wool sumak. The
striped kilim backing that connected the
first pair of bags has been rewoven, but the
second pair has retained most of its warp-faced
connecting strip, including a slit that would have
allowed the bags to be placed over the pommel
of a saddle. Each pair of bags might have been
used to carry its owner's personal belongings,
such as money, sewing or writing implements, or
tobacco.
J.B..
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Structural Analysis -
Plate 29 |
| SIZE:
18 x 9 1/2 in. (45.5 x 24.5 cm.) |
| WARP: wool,
Z2S; ivory, brown |
| WEFT
(BAGFACE): Wool, Z2S X 1; ivory |
| WEFT (BAGBACK):
wool, Z2S, weft-faced plain weave of
alternating stripes of red and yellow-green |
| SUPPLEMENTARY WEFT
(BAGFACE): Wool, Z2S;
ivory, dark brown, red-brown, red, gold, blue-green,
dark blue, light blue; silk, S?; ivory |
| SUPPLEMENTARY WEFT
(BAGBACK): wool, Z2S; red |
| ENDS:
cut |
| SIDES: red-brown
wool over 2 cords |
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Structural Analysis -
Plate 30 |
| SIZE:
24 1/2 x SV4 in. (62.3 x 21 cm.) |
| WARP:
cotton, Z2S, warp-faced plain weave; ivory |
| WEFT: cotton, z;
ivory |
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SUPPLEMENTARY WEFT: wool, Z2S; ivory, dark
brown, dark red, red, light red, gold, yellow-green, green,
blue, blue-black |
| ENDS
AND BACK: warp-faced plain weave with supplementary patterning
wefts, turned under |
| SIDES:
multicolored wool overcast |
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Oriental Rugs from New England Private Collections |
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