Bidjov Kuba Caucasian prayer rug m, ca. 1880; 3’6” x 5’4” / 106.7 x 163 cm Indigo field with numerous totemic creatures, and stylized flowers. Mihrab arch woven in ivory white. Trefoil secondary borders in red/green, red/teal frame the main border composed of dazzling boteh-dragon-heads on a white ground. The colors of the field and borders are brilliantly toned, and saturated. Areas of wear, a long break resulting from fold wear at the center of the lower field, and between to border systems at the left. Selvedges overcast, guard borders missing at the top. Possible areas of re-pile in dark olive black along linear guard borders