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Portion of camel's bag

Portion of camel's saddle bag or cover, red and cream. Broad and narrow bands of finely knotted short pile with geometric designs alternate with plain woven bands of purplish red. At bottom 8-1/4' band of short pile, cream ground with geometric designs in red, black and brown. Short cream fringe. Worn down center and top edge. Four tears or holes mended, two unmended holes.

Date
early 19th century
In our collection
since February the 13th, 2008 up to now
Dimensions
29 1/4 x 47 3/4in. (74.3 x 121.3cm)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Wool, cotton; tapestry weave, pile, ikat (?)
Price
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Composition
atium32%
copper60%
cadmium0%
oxygen8%