Six Abstract Horseback Riders Afghan War Rgu
| ID# 495 | Date: | -:- | Size 46 x 75 inches
(117 X190 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 9 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Horsemen War Rugs, Other examples of this style |
| (Also marked with tag 1631) This horseman rug is a great contrast to rug 2017 and shows the evolution of pattern from detailed and realistic to simplified and abstracted. The horses are headless and the figures riding them look more like cricket bats. The other animals are as abstracted, the deer have lizard-like spiked backs and teeth, and the goats and other animals stand alert with their tails stiff. |
| Wool: Soft | Sheen: Slight shine | Handle: Floppy | Selvedge: Tightly braided brown goat hair |
| Fringe: Naturally colored red-tinged wool with red and black weft brocade near the pile. Overhand knots. | Pile: 6 mm | Warp: Naturally colored wool | Weft: Double black |
| Warp Depression:30 degrees | |||
