Giant Iraq War Rug
| ID# 1361 | Date: 2003 | -:- | Size 50 x 96 inches
(127 X244 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 8 | Origin: Pakistan | Style: -Iraq Rug - Uzbeki, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Uzbek |
| Iraq map showing American weapons and neighboring countries. Border from earlier designs. The attack helicopters and humvee are remarkably well drawn in these rugs. These are the first Afghan war rugs not representing Afghanistan. The vocabulary is constant but the subject has changed. These rugs demonstrate the degree to which war rugs have become an established vernacular in Afghan art. |
| Wool: Soft, thick | Sheen: Very shiny | Handle: Stiff but flexible | Selvedge: Yellow overcast wool |
| Fringe: Red and yellow diagonal bands of plain weave with overhand knots | Pile: 7 mm | Warp: Grey wool | Weft: Black cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:90 degrees | |||
