Tribal Bags at The Met

Portable Storage:

Tribal Weavings from the Collection of William and Inger Ginsberg in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (text in progress)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is home to one of the finest collections of Oriental rugs and carpets in the world. Despite its impressive holdings, this current

exhibition represents the first showing of specifically tribal weavings held by the museum. On display are a range of pieces bequeathed in 2015 by New York collectors, William

and Inger Ginsberg. This hopefully marks the beginning of the inclusion of weavings from the nomadic pastoralists of the Near East and Central Asia within the already diverse

rotation of classical and village carpets and rugs displyed throughout the Islamic gallerys. 

 

Portable Storage runs from September 25, 2017 to May 7, 2018. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/portable-storage

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Shahsevan bags from the Ginsberg Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

                                                   Tribal Weavings from the Collection of William and Inger Ginsberg in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Shahsevan sumak cross bag, Moghan-Savlan region, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art5

 

Shahsevan sumak khorjin,, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of ArtShahsevan sumak khorjin,, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Artpair of Shahsevan sumak khorjin bags, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art 
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detail of a sumak bagface, Ginsberg Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Artdetail of a sumak bagface, Ginsberg Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Artdetail of a sumak bagface, Ginsberg Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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khorjin with sumak bagfaces, Khamseh area of Iranian Azerbaijan, Ginsberg Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art2.bag (khorjin half) woven in reverse sumak technique, Khamseh area of Iranian Azerbaijan, Ginsberg Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art7. 


 

Shahsevan sumak bag (khorjin half) Ginsberg Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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sumak bagface from a khorjin set Ginsberg Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art8. 

 

 

complete sumak mafrash

sumak bagface, Khamseh area, Northwest Iran, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Luri-Bakhtiari saltbags and khorjin from the Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Luri-Bakhtiari saltbag (namakdan), Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of ArtPersian tribal khorjin, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Caucasian sumak saltbag, likely Shahsevan, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Artdetail of an elephant from a pile khorjin, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art 

 

Luri-Bakhtiari sumak and pile 'flour bag', Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of ArtLuri-Bakhtiari sumak and pile 'flour bag', Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  
                                                                                      Luri-Bakhtiari sumak bag', Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  

Bakhtiari pile saddle, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Qasqai bag, one from a pair of a khorjin set, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

 

flatwoven heybe double animal bags, southeast Anatolia, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Artflatwoven heybe double animal bags, southeast Anatolia, Ginsberg Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art 
  


Portable Storage: Tribal Weavings from the Collection of William and Inger Ginsberg

Portable Storage: Tribal Weavings from the Collection of William and Inger Ginsberg

 

 

 

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