Soviet Exodus with Afghan Provinces War Rug GOOD ID#
| ID# 1032 | Date: 2003 | -:- | Size 27 x 34 inches
(69 X87 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan / Pakistan | Style: -Maps of Afghanistan, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| This war rug is in new condition. It has nice wool and is well knotted. It has some pronounced sarnach around the Kalashnikov on the bottom. The sarnach can be seen in the photos as white spots running in horizontal lines parallel with the parallel of the AK. Where two threads are tied together to make one longer warp thread, there is a little tuft of warp, or weft, thread that sticks up into the pile. |
| Wool: Very good | Sheen: Very good | Handle: Firm | Selvedge: Four cord flat brown wool |
| Fringe: One inch kilim, overhand knots, one inch fringe. | Pile: 7mm | Warp: white cotton | Weft: Brown wool |
| Warp Depression:Corduroy, 45 degrees | |||
