This little bag face appears to be of genuine tribal origin rather than a programmed village workshop product.

It is interesting to notice the contrast between the design execution of the main border and that of the field.

The border theme is clearly floral.  But the elements are very rustic is appearance.

In contrast there is considerable attention to detail in the field composition. 

The field includes carefully ‘drawn’ cypress trees, symmetrically placed.  The flower’s heads are neatly sectioned with different colors used for emphasize.

The weaver thought it important to render the field botehs in two distinct styles.

The smaller, secondary botehs are quite tradition.

The two, large ones appear to be snakes confronting each other. Unlike the smaller ones, both have eyelets and what seems to be a mouth. 

The nature of the confrontation is not obvious.  Is it the object between them or something more fundamental, perhaps more abstract?

All the colors are from natural dye sources.

This bag was probably woven in the earlier 20th century.  If so, it is evidence that excellent quality Afshar tribal weaving continued to be produced at a comparatively late date.

The symmetrical knots confirm this to be ‘tribal’ in origin rather than a commercially motivated workshop piece.