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carpet

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    prayer rug

  • Description

    prayer rug, wool pile, cotton warp and weft, silver weft, predominant colours are grey-greens, ivory and terracotta pink, ivory field [nuhrab] inner borders of [Kufic], gold and silver weft in inscribed borders, sides selveged, top and bottom web (?) and fringe.

  • Place
    Ghiordes/Turkey
  • Accession Number
    1973.117
  • Accession Date
    08 Jun 1973
  • Other Id

    T467 (textile)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

  • Display Room

    Mackelvie and Asian Ceramics East & West

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Images

  • carpet, T467, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 10 Jan 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carpet, T467, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 10 Jan 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carpet, T467, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 10 Jan 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carpet, T467, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 10 Jan 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carpet, T467, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 10 Jan 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carpet, T467, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 10 Jan 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carpet, T467, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 10 Jan 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carpet, T467, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 10 Jan 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
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Artefact

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