Small Dragon Ali Kwaja
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
Denison Museum, - 2008-02-15
| ID# 780 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 47 x 80 inches
(119 X203 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 14 h X 14 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Ali Kwaja, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| This very fine red, blue, and yellow rug depicts scenes of an unknown mosque with a man holding two swords. Two serpentine dragons on either side of the man flick their tongues with branches of flowers between them. Tanks, helicopters, planes, and cars snake around the composition.
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| Wool: Soft, fine | Sheen: Very shiny and lustrous | Handle: Very floppy | Selvedge: Blue wool overcast, excellent coverage |
| Fringe: 1in naturally colored plain weave with overhand knots | Pile: 3mm | Warp: Long fine naturally colored wool | Weft: Black cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:Full | |||
