Yurt Hanging

NameYurt hanging

Artist Artist unrecorded

Place madeIran, Middle East, Asia

Place madeTurkmenistan, Middle East, Asia

MediumCotton, metal sequins

DimensionsPink: 11 1/4 × 9 15/16 in. (28.5 × 25.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Zahra Farmanfarmaian, A.2019.4.35

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value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2019.4.35

ProvenanceDonor acquired this collection from her mother who collected circa 1970s in Iran or otherwise acquired as family heirloom.

DescriptionConsists of three separate pieces connected at upper corners. All patterns are worked with gold, metal sequins. 1) Pink: A sunburst centers the piece 2) Black: The center pattern is stylized florals 3) Orange. A different stylized floral is centered but the remaining pattern copies that of the black piece.