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Miami University Art Museum

Show title: Tanks, Helicopters, Guns and Grenades: the Afghan War Rugs of the 1980s-2007

Curator: Natalie Marsh

Symposium:"Sept. 20 symposium to discuss war rugs 09/14/2007 A War Rug Symposium will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in room 100 art building. The event is part of programming for the Miami University Art Museum exhibition, "Tanks, Helicopters, Guns and Grenades: the Afghan War Rugs of the 1980s-2007." Keynote speaker for the symposium is Christopher Kremmer, author of The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad. The book looks at the history of wars and occupations in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, India, Pakistan and former Soviet "stans"; the rug industry and the role of war rugs during periods of conflict; and the cultural impact on the people of the region. Additional panelists include: Ariel Zeitlin Cooke, editor of Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory; Thomas E. Gouttierre, director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska, Omaha; and Miami faculty Homayun Sidky, anthropology and Daniel Prior, history. " Blog post with installation shots of most of the rugs

Opened 2007-09-07 | Closed 2007-12-15

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1

Older Map Afghan War Rug (Listed as rug 1021 in Miami U show)

74 x 99 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 16

Red Cicatu Afghan War Rug (On Loan)

99 x 183 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 29

Paghman Lake Monument 1984 (listed as 1017 in Miami U show)

87 x 132 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 34

(temporarily 779, but no more) Banana Afghan War Rug (aka 779)

122 x 213 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 49

IN Pictorial War Rugs book(exhibited at Miami University Art Museum)Vertical Herati Pictorial, Large Afghan War Rug (listed as 1402 in Miami U show)

124 x 213 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 60

Armored Column & Mosque War Rug (light foreground)

89 x 127 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 74

All-over Airplanes with Lion Border

109 x 175 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 78

Two Ewer Zakini.

107 x 198 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 109

World Trade Center #2

61 x 81 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 137

Mario Brothers Horseman Rug Also rug ID # 57

104 x 180 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 272

1990 Dated Prayer War Rug w/Afghan Map<br><br> <a href="https://www.warrug.com/index1.php?idr=544"> Duplicate ID - More info here</a>

81 x 127 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 288

Abstract WTC 9/11 Afghan War Rug #2

61 x 74 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 353

Pictorial Taimani Beluch War Rug

109 x 183 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 387

Swordsman Riding Green Lion in Corner

190 x 292 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 389

4 Niche Prayer Rug - ZPU 4

198 x 297 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 395

Buried Land Mines War Rug

84 x 124 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 405

Alexander the Great Citadel Prayer War Rug with Three Helicopters

84 x 124 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 424

Green Soviet Exodus

63 x 81 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 451

DO NOT TOUCH War Rug (exhibited at Miami University Art Museum)

99 x 201 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 490

(exhibited at Miami University Art Museum)Blue Tank War Rug with Women in Burqas

101 x 193 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 517

5 Tanks Brown

104 x 155 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 534

4 Ducks and 2 Palaces Tower at Jam War Rug

87 x 132 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 536

Blue War Rug with Women, Birds, and Small Tanks

87 x 140 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 544

Minaret Sajada with Figures

89 x 145 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 553

World Trade Center War Rugs

61 x 81 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 555

War on Terror War Carpet

63 x 81 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 623

Small Red War Rug #623

63 x 81 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 750

Red Washed Sofreh (On Loan)

124 x 124 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 751

Map and Landscape with Lion/Deer

96 x 150 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 752

7 Ewer, Blues and Golds, Mid 1990s

122 x 201 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 753

Four Bird Pattern with Green Horses

112 x 203 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 754

Two Figure Banana Rug

107 x 193 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 755

Chechen War Rug

173 x 175 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 756

Original Baghlani

99 x 193 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 758

Red Rug with Cruise/Ballistic Missile

114 x 183 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 760

Soviet Exodus Rug

61 x 1554 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 761

Miami U British flag Tora Bora rug

61 x 84 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 762

Orange, Red, and Blue Big Rifle War Rug

122 x 183 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 763

Red Baluchi War Rug with Grenades

117 x 201 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 764

RPG Red Afghan War Rug. Classic!

101 x 155 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 765

Vegetable Dye Handspun wool AFghan War Rug

109 x 165 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 766

Chobi Beljik wool red rug

61 x 77 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 767

Dragon Ali Kwaja

198 x 290 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 771

Kharghai Soviet Exodus

71 x 101 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 772

(exhibited at Miami University Art Museum) NFS WRONG PHOTOS

89 x 66 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 773

Green Najibullah Rug

61 x 76 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 774

(exhibited at Miami University Art Museum)Soviet Hand, Red Ground

69 x 87 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 778

Taliban Era Mashad Style World Map Rug

127 x 178 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 779

Herat Mosque with Armor

84 x 137 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 789

Dostum Standing

61 x 71 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 796

Woman on Lion in Corner (Nigel Selection)

188 x 290 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 803

Ma'sud with Silk Foundation (On Loan)

59 x 84 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 891

War Torba

44 x 68 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 894

Old Red Rug: Two figures pre 1989

56 x 83 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 897

(exhibited at Miami University Art Museum) Brown (washed) Saph (Runner Dimension Prayer Rug)

81 x 353 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 899

Pictorial War Rug with Finely Drawn Planes and Helicopters

122 x 180 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 900

Armor Border Prayer Rug

76 x 141 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 916

Late 1980's Landscape

74 x 122 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 921

No 2016 pics <br>F16 Rug with Floral Design

118 x 203 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 923

Kabul City Scene from Airport

87 x 124 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 943

Very Fine Rug with Band Imagery

87 x 148 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 948

(listed as 775 in Miami U show) Full View Minaret at Jam war rug

198 x 297 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 957

Prayer War Rug

87 x 144 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 959

In Pictorial War Rug's Book(exhibited at Miami University Art Museum)(Similar but washed rug shown at Canada's textile museum) Specular Mosque Rug with Vehicle Border

127 x 175 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 985

Progenitor Baghlani War Rug with Autumnal Color<br> Exhibited<br> Price on Request

92 x 183 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 988

Hamid Karzai Rug (On Loan)

59 x 69 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1012

<WRONG ID FOR UofO show) 14 Tank War Rug with Brown Xs war rug

109 x 203 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1016

Motorcycle War Rug with Horsemen

112 x 193 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1070

MIG War Rug

81 x 142 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1071

Bomb Falling on Column War Rug

94 x 130 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1074

Massoud Wagireh (weavers sample) Rug with Afghan Map

74 x 96 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1093

15th Century Queen Gowhar Shad Mausoleum and Minarets

101 x 201 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1105

Airplane Snowflake Rug with Cluster Bombs and Food Packages (Formerly ID #768)

69 x 305 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1133

Large Four Map Rug -

201 x 322 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1303

Signed, Dated 1991 Extremely Fine War Rug

91 x 137 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1308

Amman Ullah Khan Rug with Silk

84 x 142 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1380

Friendship Flat Weave (Exhibited at Miami University)

127 x 193 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1382

Devils Head War Rug

99 x 152 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1386

Turkmen Sumac (exhibited at Miami University Art Museum) Formerly 26.

112 x 173 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1393

Double Prayer Rug

119 x 203 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1401

Old Herati Mosque (size approximate)

81 x 140 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1402

Dostum on Cell Phone at Desk with Land Line

61 x 87 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1421

Green Amman Ullah Khan Rug

91 x 148 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 1423

(exhibited at Miami University Art Museum)Tan Large War Rug (was tagged 2040 at miami u show)

170 x 275 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 2003

Diamond Shaped Medallion Herati War Rug

114 x 185 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 2017

Horsemen and Tanks (size approximate)

112 x 208 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 6000

Small Medallion Rug (Kowdani)

0 x 0 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 10010

Shanama War Rug about April 1979 Uprising in Heart

137 x 239 cm

War Rug shown at Exhibition

ID#: 10122

Amman Ullah Khan

0 x 0 cm