Maimana Firoz Kohi salt bag

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Price €950 (EUR)

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  • Size

    42cm(W) x 61cm(L) / 1'5"(W) x 2'0(L)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    complete, original, full pile, etc.

  • Structure

    pile, asymmetric knot open left with supplementary weft float 'repair threads'. Back is composed of weft float and weft-faced plain weave.

  • Materials

    wool, camel, and goat

  • Full Description

    Circa 1900. Rare. Technique, style, and weave of the back is typical of Uzbek work from Maimana. Can't imagine what it must have been like for a Firoz Kohi group to have lived under the subjugation of this qainate.