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For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Motorcycle Torba

ID# 925
Date: 1980s
Size: 13 x 14 inches
(33 x 35 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: Anomaly War Rugs
Tribe: Baluchi
Condition: This vivid motorcycle bag features an image of a motorcycle beneath two helicopters on one side, and a red and green medallion on the other. Waves, swirls, and flowers make up the guard stripes around the composition.
Tassles of purple, yellow, green, pink, and red wool thread line the outer edge of the bag.
Wool: Short, dry
Sheen: Slightly shiny
Handle: Stiff but flexible
Selvedge: Blue wool overcast with fair coverage, multicolored tufts of wool throughout.
Fringe: White diamond patterns on a blue background with red dots make up the weft substitution on the fringe. Pink and green weft brocades flank the substitution on the motorcycle-side, and yellow and green flank the other.
Pile: 3mm
Warp: Naturally colored wool
Weft: Grey cotton thread
Warp Depression: Slight depression
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
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet