Though united by language and culture for well over one-thousand years the weavings of the Kurds of eastern Anatolia and neighboring northwest Persia during the nineteenth century can very seldom be confused. This bagface may represent one of the exceptions. Colorful latch-hook diamonds are drawn in the manner of Jaf Kurd bags in a familiar vibrant palette with several blues and reds. The smaller size of this piece, however, is intriguing as are the finely woven short multicolored flat-weave fasteners preserved at the top. Both are more indicative of eastern Anatolian pieces as is the linked triangular ornament of the orange main border. In rustic Kurdish fashion, there are abrupt shifts in two of the borders. Of particular distinction are two indigo vertical rows bordering the sides of the field crowned by red squares containing animals. (Structurally, the weft appears to be two strand un-plied.)
size= apx. 1'10"x1'11"
Inv# 16201