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For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Yellow Map Afghan War Rug

ID# 40
Date: Contemporary, 1996
Size: 32 x 57 inches
(81 x 145 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: Soviet Exodus
Tribe: Baluchi
Condition: Good example of common design. These rugs are made of better wool and are much more finely knotted than the red Kalashnikov rugs.
Wool: Very soft and very dense and fine. Kurq or lambs wool.
Sheen: Okay
Handle: Strong
Selvedge: 4 cord wool overcast
Fringe: kilim
Pile: wool, possibly lambs wool.
Warp: black wool
Weft: natural wool.
Warp Depression: Heavily Depressed
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet