Dostum Standing
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gallery13 - 0000-00-00
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
Denison Museum, - 2008-02-15
| ID# 789 | Date: 2002 | -:- | Size 24 x 28 inches
(61 X71 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 12 h X 15 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Political Portraits, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| This political rug portrays Rashid Dostum in Western camouflage military uniform standing beside the flag of Afghanistan while three doves of peace fly towards him from the left. A small silhouette of Afghanistan floats beside him. A border of green and red flowers on a red background encircles the composition. |
| Wool: Dry, dense. | Sheen: Shiny | Handle: Stiff but flexible | Selvedge: Flat two cord blue wool |
| Fringe: Little kilim, cotton plainweave | Pile: 4mm | Warp: White cotton thread | Weft: Black cotton thread |
| Warp Depression: | |||
