Tora Bora Rug from Davidson College show and Ariel Cook Lecture
| ID# 2098 | Date: 2002 | -:- | Size 24 x 30 inches
(61 X77 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 12 h X 12 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Tora Bora Sherberghan, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| This Tora Bora rug features red and green earth tones on a yellow field. The classic USA and Afghanistan dove peace banner is visible at the top with the words "YOUR REGIONAL OFFICCERS BECAM UNION WITH USA ARMY" in green below. USA is mispelled "ASA" and PAKISTAN is "POKISTAN. At the bottom of the rug, the origin is listed, "MADE IN AFGHANISTAN SHBRHAN", a city in Afghanistan. |
| Wool: Short, soft | Sheen: Minimum shine | Handle: Stiff but flexible | Selvedge: 2 cord blue wool overcast |
| Fringe: White cotton plain weave with overhand knots | Pile: 4mm | Warp: White cotton | Weft: Black cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:Fully Depressed | |||
