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For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Kabaa Rug

ID# 1428
Date: 1980s
Size: 33 x 46 inches
(84 x 117 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: Landscape Pictorial War Rugs
Tribe: Taimani
Condition: Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba in Mecca, is shown as the mihrab of this rug. The ocmposition of this rug is similar to Plate 28, but the Amu Daria in Plate 28 is abstracted into a form that resembles a peacock. This rug, not surprisingly, shows wear indicative of long-term use as a prayer rug at the center bottom end. There are two bright neon-green accents in the borders at the top half of the rug.
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Wool: Long pile, dense, smooth fiber.
Sheen: Long glisten
Handle: Firm floppy
Selvedge: Braided matt goat hair
Fringe: Blue-red-blue kilim, two cord weft float (gone at bottom middle where feet would be), no closure.
Pile: 9mm
Warp: Dark wool, 2S
Weft: Black cotton
Warp Depression: Sixty degrees
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