Rare weapons Hand Made Afghan War Military Gun Tribal Wool Rug 20 x 42


Rare weapons Hand Made Afghan War Military Gun Tribal  Wool Rug 20 x 42

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Rare weapons Hand Made Afghan War Military Gun Tribal Wool Rug 20 x 42:
$30.00


Afghan War Rugs, traditional hand knotted carpetsthat combine ancient practice with the latest in the daily lives of theweavers. Many of the rug designs originate in antiquity, but since the1980’s now incorporate the war that spans from the Soviet invasion throughtoday’s battles with the Taliban. The weavers have witnessed epic historicalevents, encoded them in their traditional art, and wrought importantcontemporary artIncontrast to geographic and portrait rugs, what can be called classic war rugs (orarmament rugs) showcase collections of weapons in lieu of a specific place orperson. These rugs are again unique to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, wheremany of the Afghans were forced to flee following foreign invasions and civilwar. War rugs never Became part of the rug-making tradition in Iran, except inlands occupied by the Baluch, Namely the Sistani Basin and areas of theKhorasan Province (Eastern Iran). Despite similar Conditions, neither theIranian Revolution of 1979, which brought Ayatollah Khomeini to Power, nor theIran-Iraq conflict (1980– 88) radically changed rug-making practices in Iran.The new genre of modern rugs, known collectively as war rugs, is associatedwith Afghanistan and Afghan weavers who produce the majority of them. Some warrugs with weapons and armaments can be described as classical in their designs.In various examples, it is as if the tanks simply replaced the time-honored gull,an octagonal motif or flower found in Afghan and Turkoman rugs known asBukharas. War rugs can either feature a single weapon type, such as a battalionof tanks arranged in rows or columns, or they can boast a plethora of militarymachines. The categories are fluid and the varieties countless. A hybrid in theexhibition has a map framed by assault rifles making it both a map rug and arug with weapons Kalashnikov

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Rare weapons Hand Made Afghan War Military Gun Tribal Wool Rug 20 x 42:
$30.00

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