Baktiari Jacket - SW Persia regular-price tribal bags and tent bands

tribal bags and tent bands serve as a glimpse of an earlier human lifestyle

Size: 73 x 74 cm

Fine pulkari work uses expensive silk thread very sparingly

The kilim is dramatized partly by the change in red ground and there is an ethereal quality

Baktiari Jacket - SW Persia regular-price tribal bags and tent bandsTraditional sleeveless tunic worn by men of the Bakhiari and Lurs tribes of SW Persia. The Nomads Tent collection of vintage and antique tribal costume. Many of these items were part of our exhibition, Textiles of the Southern Silk Route. They were acquired in the Teheran bazaar and other places, mostly over 20 years ago. Some are as late as 50 years ago, some are clearly older. Condition is generally good to excellent with a few signs of expected