Salt Bag - Baktiari, SW Persia W 300 - 600 Tent bands literally hold the

Tent bands literally hold the outer coverings of the tent in place or may be used internally as decoration and to hang things from

gilded silver with bright blue and red glass

780 x 7 cm

The trappings and various containers needed to manage a transient life with mobile tents and load carrying animals are often richly decorated

often of an extended family

Salt Bag - Baktiari, SW Persia W 300 - 600 Tent bands literally hold theSalt Bag Baktiari, SW Persia. Wool with cotton highlights. Baktiari weavers go for deep dramatic colours with pure white cotton for highlighted decoration. Salt bags were used by shepherds to carry salt for their sheep when out grazing. They are intricate and powerfully artistic expressions by the weaver, usually women. In one of the best books on the subject, Parviz Tanavoli, renowned collector, artist and sculptor, says: These practical objects are