Luri Bahktiari Salt Bag

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Luri Bahktiari Salt Bag

Luri Bahktiari Salt Bag

1 foot 10 inch by 2 foot 1 inch

This is a classic design Animal Head Luri Bahktiari salt bag. Please note the animal head rows at the top and bottom of the field.

Why do I call this salt bag Luri Bahktiari and not just Luri? The Bahktiari are a tribal confederation of people who predominantly speak Luri. So the Bahktiari are Luri, but not all Luri are Bahktiari. The critical wear point of this bag is covered in pile. This is typically seen in bags that we attribute to the Luri Bahktiari.

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Luri Bahktiari Salt Bag, Iran Early to mid 20th century. 1 foot 10 inch by 2 foot 1 inch.

Structure: Sumac plain weave and Symmetrical knot. 6 knots per horizontal inch and 6 knots per vertical inch. 36 per square inch (558 per square decimeter)

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: 2 ply white wool

Weft: Ground color.

Pile: 2 Wool singles.

Further Notes: Age is hard to estimate. this bag was purchase from a collector who bought this bag in 1972 from another collector. I wish I could stretch this into late 19th century but I feel more comfortable with early to mid 20th century. Minor wear and or loss primarily in the yellow pile sections. Cotton whites, Excellent condition. The dyes in this bag look vegetal but short of a chemical dye analyses I can not say for sure.

Salt bags were very important to shepherds. Sheep need salt so that they retain water. This makes it possible to graze more sheep in areas that would otherwise not support flocks. So the ability to carry chunks of rock salt is very important to shepherds but why then do they make them so pretty. In the nearly cash-less economy that the tribes operated in it was difficult to store wealth in the good times. With no banks or stock market at their disposal women could make oven goods in good times and then sell them in bad times. It is also important to realize that women had a financial stake in the profit and weaving gave her money or trade goods for her own use. There was very limited means by which a women could accumulate wealth.

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