Double Saddle Bag (Heybe)
Object type: Saddle bag
Department: Islamic Art
Date: ca. 1880
Medium: Wool (warp and weft); copper coated with brass metal strip wrapped around cotton core (weft); slit tapestry (kilim), weft-faced plain weave, diagonal ridge sumak outline, closure in oblique plaiting, and plaited warp fringe (front); weft-faced plain weave (back)
Dimensions: H. 44 1/2 in. (113 cm)
W. 23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Geography: From   Hatay Southern Turkey Reyhanli area 
Credit line: Gift of Inger G. and William B. Ginsberg, 2015
Accession year: 2015