Template example of ""stylized"" helicopters found in ""Golden Border"" style rugs.
Baghlani helicopter which typically have ski type landing gear instead of circular wheels.
Archetypal helicopter in Bomber/Copter/Tank rugs. Definitely large Mi-8. Grenade ""eye"" anthropomorphizes helicopter in interesting way.
Super-stylized helicopter found in what some call ""Zakini"" rugs. These helicopters are elegant.
Those darn ""black helicopters"". This rug had only one row of helicopters at bottom showing artist abandoned secondary motif when it did not jibe with primary tank motif.
Second helicopter shown in this rug. These renderings can be found hidden in other rugs.
From one of *the* best rugs. This helo is similar to some in Aman Ullah Khan rugs. This helo is well drawn, precise, nice details, rotor, and white square is mighty nice
Show truncation caused by weaving technique to imagery.
All four helicopters in this rug show the same white square. Is it a door? Target?
Both Hind-24 and MI-8 helicopters.
Well drawn tank from 1980s rug
Beautifully drawn
Stylized helicopter from modern city rug.
Stylized helicopters which typify this type of rug.
Sea Knight US helicopter. Thanks to Bruce for the info.
Sea Knight American Helicopter
American troop carrying helicopter, Sea Knight
Soviet troop carrying helicopter
Blackhawk helicopter hunting terrorists.
Helicopter
Helicopter from red Baghlani rug.
Abstracted helicopter, familiar in these Three Panel rugs
Helicopters flying near prayer rug mihrab
White
This style of pictorial rug depicts troop carrying helicopters in this fashion. Taimani
Well drawn troop helicopters. Probably Taliban stock. Note concentric rings in tail, this a particular style of drawing helicopters, most common to ""Car"" style war rugs.
White helicopter with plating drawn in blue, and armor on bottom in green and red.
One style of helicopter rendering seen in Amman Ullah Khan rugs.
Black attack helicopter.
""Car Style"" rug with concentric ring drawing on tail of helicopter.
Note very stylized, candy cane rendering of helicopters.
""Checkered Field"" style helicopters. Stylized, boxy.
Good simple rendering of helicopter, and war motifs are symmetrically employed as part of design.
""Car Style"" helicopter, on ""Bomber / Copter / Tank"" Rug.
Candy cane striped helicopter.
Blackhawk shaped helicopter with attack helicopter missiles.
Strong example of large helicopter.