Devils Head War Rug
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
21 Items - 0000-00-00
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, President's Gallery - 2010-08-17
| ID# 1382 | Date: 1994 | -:- | Size 39 x 60 inches
(99 X152 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 10 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -ZPU-4 Prayer Rugs (Feedback Loop), Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| Evidence of the feedback loop discussed here. Features a
ZPU-4 anti-aircraft weapon which comes to a point in the bottom, indicating its status as a prayer rug. A small brown and green striped figure stands in the bottom left. The bright oranges and greens contrast against the earthy undyed muted brown in the field.
Condition note January 2024 Slight stain at the point of the trailer, where the hitch would be. Grey discoloration in the brown wool seen on front and back. |
| Wool: Soft, flat, field is undyed. | Sheen: Very shiny | Handle: Very floppy | Selvedge: Double brown wool overcast |
| Fringe: Bands of light tan and brown plain weave with no closure (some unravelling) | Pile: 4 mm | Warp: Long fine naturally colored wool | Weft: Grey wool |
| Warp Depression:Corduroy to Full | |||
