Salt Bag - Baktiari, SW Persia regular-price Because the design is created

Because the design is created in the yarns rather than on the finished cloth

Jijim) is a supplementary weft technique that lends itself to complex or sporadic decoration

cotton and ceramic beads

An exceptional Azeri camel trapping

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

Salt Bag - Baktiari, SW Persia regular-price Because the design is createdSalt Bag, Baktiari, SW Persia Wool with cotton highlights. Typical drama of Baktiari weavers. Diamond shapes such as we see here symbolise fertility in many tribal weavings. When a failed crop or a barren sheep could spell disaster, such expressions of hope are deeply understandable. 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