textile; floor felt; Keçe

Rectangular brown floor felt ('Keçe') with red, cream and green decoration on both sides. On both sides of the textile the decoration consists of a centre panel and a border on a brown ground. On the front the centre panel is divided by 2 square motifs. Each has comb edges with a coil in each of the corners. In the centre is a curvilinear swastika motif. The border consists of reciprocal volutes. This is framed either side by dotted stripes ('guard stripes') between solid lines. On the reverse the centre panel consists of a field decorated with dots. The border consists of 2 lines.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1983.39
Date
c.1950
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 63.5827 x 40.8268 in.; 1615 x 1037 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wool (textile); dye; wool (hair)
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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