Spindle Bag
Object type: Bag
Department: Islamic Art
Date: ca. 1935
Medium: Wool (warp, sumak weft, pile, and tassels), cotton (ground weft and tassels), goat(?) hair (side finishes and tassels), metal rings, braided strap, and faience beads (tassels); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping (front and back); symmetrically knotted pile (bottom edge)
Dimensions: H. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)
W. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven-Brocade
Geography: From    Western Iran Bakhtiari tribe 
Credit line: Gift of Inger G. and William B. Ginsberg, 2015
Accession year: 2015