Hexagonal Mirror Bag, Uzbekistan

Softly, a bright geometric pouch with a long neck and a jingling fringe, floating in a clear block.

This hexagonal cotton mirror bag is from Uzbekistan, and dates to the early 20th century. Mirror bags are small pouches made in Central Asia to hold a hand mirror, and they are often decorated with embroidery or woven patterns. Offered here, a flat, pointed bag with a red, yellow and green angular medallion at the center, edged with striped borders and a beaded fringe along the lower edge. A long narrow tab rises from the top. A clear mount and pale ground surround it. It is 17.5 inches wide, 2 deep and 29 high.

A pocket of pure pattern, and it has framed itself.