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Man on Elephant in Bottom corner
Exhibited at:
Esso Gallery - 2005-01-25
ID# 549
Date: Late 1980s
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Size 75 x 116 inches
(190 X294 cm)
Knots/Inch:
14 h X 12
Origin: Afghanistan
Style:
-Ali Kwaja,
Other examples of this style
Tribe: Turkman
Writing at top in white elephants.
Wool: Best quality wool Waxy feel
Sheen:
Excellent
Handle:
floppy
Selvedge
: Flat three cord red wool
Fringe
: Fringe, all very fine quality, all one color. Some braided. Overhand knot closure followed by double (red and grey) twined wefts
Pile: 2-3mm
Warp: 2s spun Natural wool
Weft:
Double black cotton throughout pile, grey cotton in kilim ends.
Warp Depression:Full warp depression