AK with Short Pistol Afghan War Rug
Exhibited at:
ID# 20
Date: 1995
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Size 30 x 44 inches
(77 X112 cm)
Knots/Inch:
7 h X 7
Origin: Afghanistan / Pakistan
Style:
-AK-47 White Field War Rugs,
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Tribe: Turkman
Good. New. Never used.
Wool: Coarse. Rough. Heavy. Tribal.
Sheen:
Minimal
Handle:
Stiff, strong, heavy.
Selvedge
: Dark overcast wool and / or goat hair.
Fringe
: 2 inch cotton kilim. long cotton fringe.
Pile: wool
Warp: Triple wefted grey cotton (1shoot) and grey woo (2 shoots).
Weft:
white cotton
Warp Depression:Fully Depressed
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