Tent Band 392 x 44 cms W 300 - 600 Super fine carpet displaying a

Super fine carpet displaying a pattern similar to Turkmen styles with lovely rich and subtle colours

West or SW Persia

It appears made from fragments of a larger weaving

Village suzani cushion 40 x 40 cm*

Little turtle earrings (3 x 2cms)

Tent Band 392 x 44 cms W 300 - 600 Super fine carpet displaying aTent band, Persia Very wide tent bands hold the outer coverings of a yurt in place. Narrower ones may perform the same function and may be used internally, partly as decoration and to hang things from and to brace the wooden lattice work walls and roof ribs. Theyre often associated with the wooden frame tents or yurts of central Asian, Turcoman nomadic tradition. Other bands are used to anchor loads to camels and horses. Size : 392 x 44 cms