War Torba
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
| ID# 891 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 17 x 27 inches
(44 X68 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 7 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Anomaly War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| Unusual bag made with red wool pile for the 'front' and brown, orange, and blue plain weave and weft substitution kilim. 7 dangly orange and brown closure loops are attached at the mouth of the bag, but the loops on the other half of the bag are missing.
Large trucks, helicopters, jets, rifles, mines, and various geometric shapes fill the space in the red main field. The border is made up of a pattern of brown triangles and green and grey lines. |
| Wool: Thick, slightly faded | Sheen: Velvet except for bright colors which are very shiny | Handle: Very floppy. | Selvedge: 2 cord blue overcast wool on top edge. Bottom edge buried. |
| Fringe: Covered by thick brown overcast wool | Pile: 5 mm | Warp: Naturally colored cotton thread under brown wool overcast. | Weft: Navy blue cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:60 degrees | |||
