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Type of object: Floor
covering
Accession
number: 2001.249 Inventory
number: SS 01
Object: Carpet
Material/technique: Wool
/ hand-woven
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Very
loose-weave almost square Baluch pile carpet. Narrow fringed kelim
border at top and bottom. Field of small guls.
Predominant colors: indigo, madder and dark brown. Most probably
front of a bag.
Measurements: L
66 cm W. 56 cm (excl. fringe)
Condition: Worn
Reference: Parsons,
R.D (1983): The Carpets
of Afghanistan
Provenance:
Bought by Mrs. Schibli in Kabul in 1975.
Donated by: Mrs.
Susanne Schibli, Bülach, Switzerland, 2001
Photograph:
Type of object: Tent
furnishing
Accession
number: 2001.250 Inventory
number: SS 02
Object: Tent
bag (jallar)
Material/technique: Wool
/ hand-woven
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Turkoman
pile tent bag with long orange and black fringe at bottom. Back plain
flat weave. Rows of symmetrical geometric patterns of squares within
diamonds with rectangles.
Measurements: W.
98 cm H. 35 cm (excl. fringe)
Condition: Very
worn, fringe missing
Reference: Parsons,
R.D (1983): The Carpets
of Afghanistan
Provenance:
Bought by Mrs. Schibli in Kabul in 1975.
Donated by: Mrs.
Susanne Schibli, Bülach, Switzerland, 2001
Photographs:
Type of object: Tent
furnishing
Accession
number: 2001.251 Inventory
number: SS 03
Object: Tent
bag (bolesht)
Material/technique: Wool
/ hand-woven
Origin/Period: Afghanistan
/ 20th
C.
Brief description: Large
Hazara tent bag, used as cushion. Opening with loops at narrow end
and kelim
border. Orange, black, brown and madder fringe at other end. Tassels
along both longer sides. Back purple flat weave with black stripes.
Field of geometric lozenge-shaped guls.
Predominant colors: madder, blue, black, brown and white.
Measurements: L.
93 cm W. 65 cm
Condition: Worn
Reference: Parsons,
R.D (1983): The Carpets
of Afghanistan
Provenance:
Bought by Mrs. Schibli in Kabul in 1975.
Donated by: Mrs.
Susanne Schibli, Bülach, Switzerland, 2001
Photograph:
Copyright
© - Photo/Text: Stiftung Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica -
Afghanistan Museum, Carla Grissmann, 2005
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