Afghan war carpet

ref: 28292

0 - 500 EUR

63 x 80 cm
2' 0⁴/₅" x 2' 7¹/₂"
warp and weft: cotton
pile: wool
Afghanistan

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Decades of war and military presence have influenced daily life in Afghanistan. Many weavers introduced designs of what had become part of the landscape: weapons, rockets, military trucks, tanks, planes and helicopters as a new decorative elements in their carpets. Sometimes they were very obvious as a main subject, sometimes discreetly hidden in the pattern. Was it a therapy to exorcise traumas?