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For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Devils Head War Rug #2

ID# 2025
Date: 1980s
Size: 37 x 60 inches
(94 x 152 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: ZPU-4 Prayer Rugs (Feedback Loop)
Tribe: Baluchi
Condition: A high-quality blue, red, and orange prayer rug with white and red accents. A large blue shape in the center sports 5 rows of text, a tank, and what looks to be a large red anti-aircraft gun coming out the top. Knots create unique pockmarks throughout the rug.
Minarets, hand grenades, armored personnel carriers, helicopters, and other objects fill in the negative space around the center. Very similar in style and possibly woven by the same weavers as rugs 1382 and 900.
The center composition is bordered by two thin black guard stripes, which is then bordered by a main border consisting of a procession of maroon tanks on a red background.
For exhibition at Miami University, museum hired amish sewers to tack on canvas loops through which dowels could be inserted to hang rugs on wall.
Moth damage: Small less-than-a-dime sized line of moth damage on the right side of the rug.
Wool: Short, fine
Sheen: Velvet, even shine
Handle: Very floppy
Selvedge: Tightly braided black goat hair, decent coverage.
Fringe: 1in naturally colored plain weave, diagonal knots
Pile: 3mm
Warp: 4in 2S naturally colored wool
Weft: Dark grey cotton thread
Warp Depression:
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet