Salt Bag

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Nomads used small narrow-necked bags to carry salt, which they would add to their food and feed to their grazing animals. Designed in an overall pattern of repeating lozenges, this example stands apart due to its unusual technique: it is made of a plain-weave ground decorated with a pattern in supplementary brocaded weft.

Salt Bag, Wool (warp, ground weft, and supplementary weft); balanced plain weave with pattern in supplementary brocaded weft (front); weft-faced plain weave (back)

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Salt Bag, Wool (warp, ground weft, and supplementary weft); balanced plain weave with pattern in supplementary brocaded weft (front); weft-faced plain weave (back)
Salt Bag, Wool (warp, ground weft, and supplementary weft); balanced plain weave with pattern in supplementary brocaded weft (front); weft-faced plain weave (back)

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