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Size: 2 foot 9 inch by 4 foot
10 inch.
This is a very collectable
older Baluch War Rug
from a German Collection and should be of real
interest to serious war rug collectors.
This is a very rare Baluch War Rug in a prayer
format. This is extremely rare I can only think
of one other, a prayer rug that was in the Sun
Bow Trading Co. collection and was published in Oriental
Rug Review. I have a nagging feeling that I
may have seen one or two others but I have seen
many war rugs and the prayer format rugs are a
very small group. I should note that the Sun Bow
Rug was pile and flatweave and very different
from this one.
A number of years ago I wrote
an article for Oriental
Rug Review called Afghan
War Rugs: If it Walks Like a Duck.... In it I
broke a lot of new ground trying to attribute the
various types of war rugs to where they were
made. When I was writing that article there was a
real question in my mind whether the Baluch
weavers ever actually wove war rugs in any great
numbers. Now a few years later I have come to the
conclusion that during the war of Russian
Aggression most of the "Baluchi" war
rugs were not Baluch but that approximately 10 to
20% of them actually were
How We
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Baluch War Rug ,
Northwest Afghanistan. 1980s. Inventory #:478,
War prayer rug Size: 2 foot 9 inch by 4 foot 10
inch.
Structure: Asymmetrical knot open to left. 10
knots per horizontal inch and 12 knots per
vertical inch. 120 per square inch (1860 per
square decimeter)
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: 2 ply tan wool.
Weft: 2 shot gray cotton.
Pile: 2 wool singles.
Ends: 1 inch floating weft section with 1 inch
plain weave and half-hitch knots with 1 inch warp
fringe.
Selvages: 2 cord double looped black goat.
Handle: Light, pliable, durable
Further Notes: Excellent condition.
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The German Collection:
Late last year a friend
contacted me and asked if I would be interested
in any of the rugs from a large collection in
Germany. After seeing pictures I made an offer
for the entire collection and it was finally
accepted. Why it took over 6 months to ship these
rugs from Germany is beyond my comprehension.
Finally I got a call that Customs had released
these rugs and I finally have them to offer to
you.
Direct Scan
This is a particularly well
drawn Hind helicopter. Back in the Cold War days
names of Soviet helicopters were secret so we all
got in the habit of using the NATO designations.
H was the letter that designated a Soviet
helicopter so we used simple names like Hip and
Hind. Life was simpler in the days before the
fall of the Evil Empire we were the good guys and
the Soviets were the face of evil incarnate. Now
I wonder if our friends are really friends and if
our enemies are really enemies. We have only to
look to Afghanistan to see that since the Russian
pull out we have been backing criminal terrorists
and that Pakistan is no friend. Heroin that kills
our children here in the States is coming from
poppy plants protected and taxed by Taliban with
the help and connivance of Pakistan. It is time
to make the peace with the Islamic Republic of
Iran.
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For information on War Rugs please see:
Afghan War Rug Question -
RugNotes
Afghan
War Rugs: If it Walks Like a Duck... by J. Barry
O'Connell, Jr. (Oriental Rug Review, March, 1997)
Afghan
War Rugs: A Sub-group With Iranian Influence An
Exhibition of a Variant Type by Ron O'Callaghan, with
thanks to J. Barry O'Connell, Jr. Oriental Rug Review
For a discussion of Afghan Baluch and Baluch type see:
Parsons,
R. D. Oriental Rugs Volume 3 The Carpets of Afghanistan.
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club, 1983, 3rd ed. 1994.
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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