Baluchi Hand-Knotted Tribal Rug from Afghanistan
Item Number: 147
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Description
This Baluchi tribal rug from Afghanistan is a gorgeous investment-quality wool pile and wool foundation rug, measuring 6'5" x 3'11". The photos do not do it justice. The blues are luscious and rich and predominant in the design, and it is woven with NO GLUE backing, so can be cleaned in water.
This rug will make a classic addition to any home or office, and nobody will guess you paid far less than the retail value.
Serafian's Oriental Rugs sells fine hand-knotted rugs from the Middle and Far East.
This rug was woven by the people who speak a dialect of the Baluchi language. They make up a large number of tribal ethnicities in Eastern Iran, Western and Southern Afghanistan, and Western Pakistan. About half of the Baluchi speaking people are nomadic while the other half are settled in towns and villages. Most of the rugs are woven on primitive horizontal looms which can be easily rolled up and moved. Weavers have complete control over their designs so the variety is quite diverse.
Special Instructions
If the winning bidder is a New Mexico resident, this item can picked up at drop points in Albuquerque, Santa Fe or Socorro after the auction closes. There will be no shipping charge for those who can pick up their winnings.
After the auction closes, winning bidders who cannot pick up their item(s) at one of the New Mexico drop points will be contacted for preferred shipping method, and the actual additional shipping cost will be charged in addition to the winning bid amount.