REF.: R26323
Price range: | €2.500,00 - €5.000,00 |
Description: | Shahsavan flatweave |
Dimensions: | L260xB148 |
Origin: | Caucasus |
Period: | 1880-1940 |
Medium: | warp and weft: wool |
Technique: | Flatweave |
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Shahsavan tribes lived and wandered in a vast area in northwest Iran going from the borders of the Caucasian republics (despite the annexation by the Soviets) to the North of Qom.
Shahsavan of Moghan are mainly settling around mount Savalan during summer. The mountain is loaded with mythical symbols. Some say the tomb of Zarathustra is on top of it under a rock, some others say the mountain was taken by Archangel Gabriel who flew with it in his arms and dropped it on top of the city of Sodom, and others are convinced that hair locks that belonged to the Prophet Mohamed are on the bottom of the mountain lake. About twenty clans live in the plain, very few remained nomads.
These are pieces from a mafrash. The mafrash is a textile bag, used to store clothes or objects. It is comparable to a mobile or foldable “closet”.