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Prayer Stone Wrapper
Prayer Stone Wrapper
Prayer Stone Wrapper
DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Prayer Stone Wrapper

NameCeremonial Cloth
CultureHazara People
DateMid-20th century
Place madeAfghanistan, South Asia, Asia
MediumCotton embroidery on a cotton ground
Dimensions15 1/2 × 15 5/8 in. (39.37 × 39.6875 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.334
Object numberA.1995.93.334
DescriptionOrnate border; two large green hands beneath a building; embroidery on cotton ground; colors are white, green, pink, yellow, red,blue, purple.
Embroidered Coverlet (Rumal).
Late 19th century
Prayer Stone Wrapper
Mid-20th century
Embroidery fragment from the Hem of a Skirt
Artist Not Recorded
18th century
Robe, Kimono, White designs, embroidered (Sashiko style) onto black cotton.
Artist Not Recorded
Sampler from Spain.
Artist Not Recorded
1654 or 1854
Vestment fragment.
12th - 13th century
Coat-dress (Qaftan or Yelek)
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1880
Jillayeh
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1910