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For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Blue World Trade Center War Rug (Exhibition history 21) Goddam missing. In sporage? WTF

ID# 2034
Date: 2002
Size: 25 x 32 inches
(63 x 81 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: World Trade Center Flag Banner War Rugs
Tribe: Turkman
Condition: A straight-forward and heavily propaganda influenced depiction of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The World Trade Center is depicted with flames erupting from the points of impact with two blue planes approaching the towers. A popular image in propaganda, an American flag is displayed next to the flag of Afghanistan with a dove with an olive branch flying between them. An outline of the country of Afghanistan sits behind the towers. Below the scene sits an aircraft carrier deploying jets and a missile (labeled 'MSILE'). The grim nature of the main imagery is contrasted with the green and orange flowers in the red main border.
Wool: Soft, long, dense
Sheen: Shiny
Handle: Stiff but flexible
Selvedge: 2 cord brown wool overcast
Fringe: Tightly woven plain weave cotton with overhand knots and white persian closures
Pile: 6mm
Warp: White cotton
Weft: Black cotton thread
Warp Depression: Fully depressed
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