Tent Band L 150 - 250 elaborate silver ‘seeds’ with set

elaborate silver ‘seeds’  with set glass stones

dress trims

previously used

Length – 50cms

curtains and were often used in all these ways in nomadic life as well as room dividers in tents

Tent Band L 150 - 250 elaborate silver ‘seeds’ with setTent band, Qashqai, Persia The wider bands hold the outer coverings of a yurt in place, long narrow ones may act as braces for the wooden frame. Others may be used internally, partly as decoration and to hang things from. Theyre often associated with the wooden frame tents or yurts of central Asian, Turcoman nomadic tradition. Other bands are used to anchor loads to camels and horses. The ingenuity of the weaver in producing such complex and changing