Horsemen and Tanks (size approximate)
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
| ID# 2017 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 44 x 82 inches
(112 X208 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 16 h X 18 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Horsemen War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| This blue rug features a mix of horsemen, tanks, and helicopters. The green, red, and brown horses in this rug are actually relatively well defined with short, shirtless men with brown shorts atop them. Grenades, birds, flowers, and smaller horsemen fill out the negative space.
The main border is made up of a mosaic of intricate interlocking geometric shapes with two guard stripes of flowers. |
| Wool: Soft, short | Sheen: Very shiny | Handle: Maximum flop | Selvedge: Tightly braided black goat hair with excellent coverage |
| Fringe: Simple light pink plain weave with red and blue weft brocade. Overhand knots. | Pile: 4mm | Warp: Naturally colored wool | Weft: Grey cotton thread 2S1Z |
| Warp Depression:none | |||
