Kurdish bag
Object
Bag
Object number
2015.13
Physical Description
Woven Kurdish carpet bag
Object history
Traditional Kurdish saddle bags like this have been used in Antalya, Turkey for hundreds of years. Shepherds would often carry bags like this to carry food for the donkey or salt for the herd of sheep, which would help to get their herd to drink water. They may have also been used to carry young lambs who were unable to walk.
Material
Wool
Dimension
Width: 300mm
On display?
No